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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... westermani • Other: TB ... Abscess Differential ... #differential #
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Parenchymal: PNA, Abscess ... , TB, Mycetoma, ... Alveolar Hemorrhage, Lung ... Intubation 2) Bad Lung ... Management #pulmonary #criticalcare
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 ... abscess Primary ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
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 ... abscess Primary ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
and Management Differential ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... STAT CXR, CTA Chest ... diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #criticalcare
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
- M. abscessus ... chelonae • M abscessus ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... NTM #Infections #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
(<100), except TB ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... • Leprosy • Bacillus ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
infections an abscess ... the consolidated lung ... infection like TB ... one month after treatment ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest