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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... ILD caused by inhalation ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis ... Interstitial Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... pulmonary apices caused ... clearance: - Cystic Fibrosis ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... #diseases #differential
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... throughout the whole lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
volume loss and fibrotic ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #Pneumonitis ... #Reticular #ILD
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
(2) The case on ... Signs of fibrosis ... mid and lower lung ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis ... rare idiopathic lung ... with subsequent fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm in Cancer
UOsm ≥ 100 mOsm/kg = Urine is inappropriately concentrated for hypotonic
Hyponatremia Differential ... losses, CAR-T- and IL ... tumors, brain or lung ... chemotherapy, nausea ... #Differential #
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
1928, a 32-page long ... the Journal of Clinical ... phlebotomy/ blood work ... reasoning during clinical ... pathophysiology #differential