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Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
Sarcoidosis Stage ... parenchyma Stage 3 ... 4 - Fibrosis Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Stages #Staging ... #Signs #Symptoms
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... Pulmonary and ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs ... #Symptoms
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Adrenals: • Lung ... vomiting • Fatigue Signs ... Cortisol Deficiency: Signs ... Reduced libido • Signs ... #diagnosis #signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... Digital clubbing (2-3% ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
3) Abdominal, ... Direct fungal stain ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pneumonia: • 3 ... • CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
to years after starting ... amiodarone treatment ... gradually with symptoms ... Dyspnea 3. ... Improvement in symptoms
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Management Pneumonia Signs ... /Symptoms: • Confusion ... (May appear 1-3 ... Pretreatment Gram stain ... #Pulmonary #Community