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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
this should be 1° ... leaking out of pulmonary ... intersitial space Infection ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... enzymes ↑ • Mild ... antibody test) Treatment ... ART to slow HIV disease
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Eosinophilic Lung Diseases ... Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... #pulmonary #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... patients such as: 1.
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... worsening of that disease ... within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... highly inflammatory disease ... -1 and IL-6, leading ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Pathophysiology: 1. ... Pneumonitis 3. ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... respiratory distress syndrome ... including: 1. ... failure - Infectious ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Capillary leak syndrome ... Clinical features: 1. ... features: 1. ... filling +++ (risk of pulmonary ... of infections)
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Epidemiology: • F > M: 9:1 ... Antinuclear antibodies ≥ 1: ... : • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... • Interstitial Pneumonitis ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment