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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
due to alveolar syndrome ... fibrotic alveolar syndrome ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Correlation #Table ... #ILD #Findings
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
disease-associated interstitial lung ... AIP: acute interstitial ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Interstitium • ILD
Pulmonary Embolism - Prognosis
Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI)
Age X, Male gender (10), History of cancer (30),
(10), Chronic lung ... mental status (60) Risk ... mortality • Class Ill ... #Embolism #AcutePE ... #Prognosis #diagnosis
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Diseases • Acute ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... ruptures and a thrombus ... plaque rupture and thrombus ... changes and a rise ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... lobar collapse, lung ... the ARDS: - Mild ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... Food products Risk ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Diagnosis Of NTM
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... potentially be an acute ... Long-standing vs ... • Splenic vein thrombus ... aneurysms • Acute