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Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
aeruginosa Clinical ... for pneumococcal antigen ... , Legionella antigen ... in adults with clinically ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasma urinary antigen ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... of cryptococcal antigen ... serum Cryptococcal antigen
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Mediators: lgE - Antigen ... Form: Soluble antigen ... Form: Cell-bound antigen ... complex - Antigen ... Form: Soluble antigen
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
lgE - Soluble antigen ... IgM - Cell-bound antigen ... binds to cellular antigen ... IgM - Soluble antigen ... - Antigen-antibody
Asthma: immunopathogenesis. 
Allergens attach to, and are taken up by, dendritic cells that he the respiratory
the allergen (antigen ... ), antigen presenting ... Pathophysiology #Pulmonary
Allergic Rhinitis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

1. Allergy Sensitization -> Antigen Exposure -> APC (macrophages, HLA class
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Sensitization -> Antigen ... class II) process antigen ... by 15 minutes) Antigen ... Exposure -> Antigen
Type IV Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: Unique because it is entirely T-Cell mediated; exposure to
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Macrophage engulfs antigen ... -> Antigen presentation ... cells recognize antigen
Type II Hypersensitivity: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Definition: When antigens bind to the body's cell surfaces, forming
Pathogenesis and clinical ... surfaces, forming an "antigen-surface ... Antigen binds receptor ... platelets) -> An "antigen-surface ... against either the antigen
ECG changes in Pulmonary Embolism
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Sinus tachycardia 
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Complete or incomplete RBBB 
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ECG changes in Pulmonary ... enlargement (P pulmonale ... - #Pulmonary
Clinical Examination of the Respiratory System

#Respiratory #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs #Assessment #Examination
Clinical Examination ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary