Pulmonary & Critical Care Conditions

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List of Conditions

Below are information on various conditions listed by title and group in alphabetical order:

- A - | - B - | - C - | - D - | - E - | - F - | - G - | - H - | - I - | - L - | - M - | - N - | - P - | - R - | - S - | - T - | - U - | - W -

- A -

• Acute interstitial pneumonia


• Acute pulmonary emboli


• Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency


• Alveolar proteinosis, pulmonary phospholipoproteinosis


• Asbestosis


• Aspergilloma


• Aspergillosis


• Asthma


• Atelectasis

- B -

• Berylliosis


• Black lung disease


• BOOP (bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia)


• Bronchiectasis

- C -

• Chronic bronchitis


• Chronic Cough


• Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP)


• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)


• Chronic pulmonary emboli


• Chronic pulmonary thromboembolism


• Coal worker's pneumoconiosis (black lung disease)


• Connective-tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease


• COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)


• Cough


• Cystic Fibrosis

- D -

• Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP)

- E -

• Emphysema


• Eosinophilic pneumonia

- F -

• Farmer's lung


• Fungal infections of the lung

- G -

• Granulomatosis lung diseases

- H -

• Hamman-Rich syndrome


• Hard-metal pneumoconiosis


• Hemoptysis


• Hepatopulmonary syndrome


• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HSP)

- I -

• Interstitial lung disease


• Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

- L -

• Lung cancer


• Lung fibrosis


• Lung nodules


• Lupus lung, systemic lupus erythematosus


• Lymphangiomyomatosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)


• Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia (LIP)

- M -

• Mediastinal lymph node enlargement


• Mesothelioma


• Metastatic lung cancer


• Mixed connective tissue disease

- N -

• Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP)

- O -

• Organizing pneumonia, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia


• Osler Weber Rendu (Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangectasia)

- P -

• Pigeon breeder's disease


• Pleural Effusions


• Pneumoconiosis


• Pneumocystosis


• Pneumonia


• Pneumothorax


• Polymyositis, dermatomyositis


• Portopulmonary hypertension


• Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis


• Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation


• Pulmonary edema


• Pulmonary embolus


• Pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma (EG), histiocytosis X (HX), or Langerhans cell granulomatosis


• Pulmonary fibrosis


• Pulmonary fibrosis, or Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)


• Pulmonary histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)


• Pulmonary hypertension


• Pulmonary nocardiosis


• Pulmonary tuberculosis


• Pulmonary vascular diseases


• Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

- R -

• Respiratory bronchiolitis and respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease (RB-ILD)


• Respiratory Therapy and Diagnostics


• Rheumatoid lung

- S -

• Sarcoidosis


• Scleroderma lung


• Shortness of breath


• Silicosis


• Sleep Apnea


• Smoker's bronchiolitis

- T -

• Tuberculosis

- U -

• Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP)

- W -

• Wegener's granulomatosis