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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... Hyperkalemia in Adults Assess ... ) Approach • MILD ... guided by clinical ... #algorithm #treatment
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... diagnosed COPD Assess ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #treatment #pulmonary
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... the critically ill ... assessment - assess ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
circulation: MCA ACA ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... status NTM Cause ... massiliense in CF ... Disease: Clinical ... NTM #Infections #differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... #cardiology #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Infectious causes ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management