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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Droplets that contain bacilli ... affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Droplets that contain bacilli ... affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Chest Injury Score for Blunt Chest Wall Trauma
Age - 1 - Per additional 10-year increase starting
Chest Injury Score ... for Blunt Chest ... fracture Chronic lung ... disease - 5 Pre-injury ... #Wall #Injury #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... disease: Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... treatment until the chest ... westermani • Other: TB
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... to injury and do ... involvement of the lung ... and drug-related lung ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Breast Leukemia Lung ... Cardiac injury ... esophageal perforation. chest ... Blunt chest trauma ... Postcardiac injury
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
GET INTO CHEST. ... to protect the lung ... Hand crank & long ... INSIDE THE CHEST ... isolated cardiac injury
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... • Pleuritic chest ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... Pneumonia: • Chest ... infiltrates, mimicking TB
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Assessment of Chest ... ) indicates an injury ... to the lung or ... either a large injury ... to lung or airways
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... Loss of weight • Chest ... • Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung