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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Pneumonias: • ... lung disease (RB-ILD ... Churg Strauss syndrome
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
BOOP • Type of interstitial ... - Imaging: • CXR ... eosinophilia pneumonia, Pulmonary ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... pneumonias (IIPs ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Idiopathic ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
changes in the basal lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual #Interstitial ... #Pneumonitis #Reticular ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Lymphocytic or lymphoid interstitial ... pneumonitis, Abacavir ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... /- High res CT chest
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... respiratory distress syndrome ... pneumonitis ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... fever, rales, interstitial ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • DM risk ... Pneumonitis 3. ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... the ARDS: - Mild ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Pneumonitis (LIP ... effusion, INC risk ... PE, Pulmonary amyloidosis ... Malignancy Risk ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung