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Signs and Symptoms of Respiratory Distress Through the Years. 

#signs #symptoms #diagnosis #differential #neonatal #pediatrics #adult
Distress Through the ... #diagnosis #differential ... #neonatal #pediatrics ... #adult #peds #pulmonary ... respiratory #distress #causes
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... : • Direct fungal ... Encapsulated yeast • At risk ... fungus then begins ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
involvement is the ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... or serologies + symptoms ... Goodpasture's cause ... #management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • DM risk ... treatment until the ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... remains unknown • Final ... teratogenic GDMT meds
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
bilateral, malignant, pediatric ... cases, not associated ... life • M=F Symptoms ... Less common symptoms ... may present with pulmonary
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Neurological symptoms ... Risk factors 3. ... underlying cause ... until cause identified ... #management #neurology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... Constitutional symptoms ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
Americans at higher risk ... self-limiting respiratory symptoms ... • Management ... - Mild pulmonary ... #fungal
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
> 4 days → add fungal ... mg/dL or > 25 % rise ... Treat underlying cause ... renal failure, pulmonary ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis