AIP acute interstitial pneumonia

• related: ILD Interstitial Lung Disease or Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease
• tags: #literature #pulmonology

abrupt onset rapid progrsesive respiratory failure with diffuse opacities on CXR

- acute interstitial pneumonia (**AIP**)

	- acute/subacute, rapid few months

	- ARDS looking

	- atoll sign or reverse halo sign

	- really sick

	- treat with steroids

Links to this note

• ILD Interstitial Lung Disease or Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease
  • idiopathic acute/subacute: MKSAP cryoptogenic organizing pneumonia, AIP acute interstitial pneumonia