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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 ... • Radiation pneumonitis ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... differential #pulmonary #causes
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis ... • Treatment Related ... BrighamChiefs #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ... Ehlers-danlos Syndrome ... Amyloidosis, Proteus Syndrome ... Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Hyperthermia Syndromes Comparison
Serotonin Syndrome - NMS - Malignant Hyperthermia - Malignant Catatonia
Cause - Onset - Vitals
Hyperthermia Syndromes ... Comparison Serotonin Syndrome ... Malignant Catatonia Cause ... Mental Status - Treatment ... #Hyperthermia #Syndromes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other interstitial pneumonias ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation ... Algorithm Before evaluating ... The next step in evaluating ... wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
and Peripheral Causes ... • Vestibular Neuronitis ... oticus (Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... canal dehiscence syndrome ... • Cogan's syndrome
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Goodpastures, Lupus Pneumonitis ... , GPA, Behcet syndrome ... Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #causes
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
-1, TNF-a1pha, IL ... production • Treatment ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... ; Serotonin syndrome ... • Treatment:
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... diagnosis: 70 years old ... , ~10,000 new cases ... only curative treatment ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome