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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... advanced disease Complications ... mycobacteria Treatment
Aqueous Humor Production and Drainage
 • Provides nutrition, removes wastes, and transports neurotransmitters to the avascular
Production and Drainage ... 10-21 mmHg) AH ... % of flow) -> AH ... AqueousHumor #Production #Drainage ... #flow #Pathophysiology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
epilepticus • Pathophysiology ... Edema: • Pathophysiology ... The predominant pathophysiologic ... • Pathophysiology ... limiting lymphatic drainage
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
the bacterial cases ... abscess & antibiotic treatment ... cornerstones of treatment ... - first-line treatment ... When there are complications
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... • Sepsis Complications ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... : EN is a rare complication ... Fusobacterium Treatment ... - drainage of the ... clinical #video #pulmonary
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused ... changes and may cause ... severe clinical complications ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... • GU system Complications ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
adenomas that require treatment ... For pituitary masses ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... Headaches • Nausea ... mnemonic #GLFTAP #pathophysiology
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis Complications ... pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... Broncholithiasis - Infectious Causes ... Noninfectious Causes ... : • Pulmonary