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Disease Clinical manifestations Diagnosis
Symptoms Physical exam Lab findings Imaging Gold standard Other features
Cough Dyspnea Hemoptysis Fever History/Exposure Cyanosis Clubbing JVD Peripheral edema Auscultation Other prominent findings ABG Other CXR CT DLC Co
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) - + - - Inciting event, such as: + - - -
  • Initially respiratory alkalosis transforming to respiratory acidosis
  • BNP level of less than 100 pg/mL
  • PaO2 / FiO2 <300
  • CBC
    • Leukopenia
    • Leukocytosis
    • Thrombocytopenia
  • Bilateral pulmonary infiltrates
    • Initially patchy peripheral
    • Later diffuse bilateral
  • Ground glass
  • Frank alveolar infiltrate
  • Bronchial dilatation within areas of ground-glass opacification
Acute Bronchitis + - +/- + - - - - -
  • Diffuse wheezes
  • High-pitched continuous sounds
  • The use of accessory muscles 
  • Prolonged expiration
  • Rhonchi
  • Rales
  • N/A
  • N/A
  • Normal
  • N/A
  • Clinical diagnosis
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis + + - +
  • History of allergen exposure
- + - -
  • Constitutional symptoms
    • Weight loss
    • Anorexia
    • Muscle weakness
  • Neutrophilia
  • Elevated ESR
  • Elevated CRP
  • Elevated immunoglobulin
  • No peripheral blood eosinophilia
  • Poorly defined micronodular or diffuse interstitial pattern
  • In chronic form
    • Fibrosis
    • Loss of lung volume
    • Coarse linear opacities
  • Ground-glass opacities or
  • Diffusely increased radiodensities
  • Diffuse micronodules
  • Focal air trapping
  • Mosaic perfusion
  • Occasionaly thin-walled cysts
  • Mild fibrotic changes 
  • Reduced
Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis
Eosinophilic Pneumonia + + - +