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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Pleuritic chest pain ... residual lesion or is clear ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
wasting, radicular pain ... dysfunction, back pain ... stroke Tuberculous Abscess ... • Caused by immune ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... equina syndrome (CES ... - Emergency Causes ... Spinal infection/abscess ... #diagnosis #causes
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... encephalitis, abscess ... redflags #signs #symptoms ... #differential #
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
developed tools to assess ... active disease symptoms ... from whatever cause ... minor illness. 9. ... #Scale #Score #CFS
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... massiliense in CF ... diarrhea, abdominal pain ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... NTM #Infections #differential