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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... Workup Algorithm Acute ... Subacute: • Acute ... Infections: Lung
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Vasculitides, IBD, Celiac disease ... : Chronic infections ... and viral infections ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnosis ... dysentery, severe disease ... : Medications, Acute ... #Diarrhea #Differential
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
interstitial lung ... diseases LIP ... AIP: acute interstitial ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential ... Table #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Chronic lung ... disease • ... diarrhea • ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Diagnosis Infectious ... : • Rheumatologic ... , Takayasu Disease ... - Metastatic: Lung ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Features of Pulmonary Diseases ... - Nodular - Acute ... #Radiology #Patterns ... #Lung #CXR #XRay ... #ChestCT #Differential
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Diagnostic Schema Infectious ... Allergic, Post-infectious ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Diagnosis #Schema #Acute ... #Chronic #Differential
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... - Leaflet: • Infection ... Inflammatory: Infectious ... Regurgitation #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... pneumonia • Acute ... • Acute bacterial ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung ... Fever #Patterns #Differential