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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
fumigatus in the airways ... response leading to airway ... considered as as steroid ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
obstructing the airway ... sure that the airway ... is clear above ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Can be used to clear ... enables sustained airway ... for help (e.g. airway ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... differential #management #pulmonary
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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- Differential Diagnosis ... into the aorta or pulmonary ... inflamed and narrowed airways ... israelii • Nocardia asteroides ... #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... inflammatory debris-small airways ... Severe/ failure steroids ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
can be used to clear ... to the lung or airways ... injury to lung or airways ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis ... #Assessment #Pulmonary
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
Mitigation - Video ... Esophageal #Intubation #airway ... #detection #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
that plug distal airways ... , weight loss DIAGNOSTICS ... : Clinical diagnosis ... TREATMENT: High-dose steroids ... #management #pulmonary
Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) on Bronchoscopy 
BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE is a technique used in bronchoscopy for several diagnostic
bronchoscopy for several diagnostic ... — Infection — Diagnosing ... Hemorrhage (DAH) — Pulmonary ... This is a video ... #pulmonary
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
hemorrhage Diagnosis ... • Pulse dose steroids ... Daily sessions to clear ... Goodpastures #AntiGBM #diagnosis ... #nephrology #pulmonary