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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... level seen • Chest ... Clindamycin in case ... westermani • Other: TB ... #differential #causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... reported in 100% of cases
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 4

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
COVID-19 Chest CT ... - Case 4 Main ... periphery of two lungs ... COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest ... #Clinical #CriticalCare
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Tube Tray o Chest ... ensure that the lung ... the tube as it passes ... Procedure #Management #CriticalCare
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... • Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... infections Lungs ... to NTM: Chronic lung ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... • Dyspnea, • Chest
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
blood flow in the chest ... cardiac output causes ... of CO2 to the lungs ... A-line predominant lung ... testing #diagnosis #criticalcare
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 2

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
COVID-19 Chest CT ... - Case 2 Main ... periphery of two lungs ... COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest ... #Clinical #CriticalCare
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 3

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
COVID-19 Chest CT ... - Case 3 Main ... periphery of two lungs ... COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest ... #Clinical #CriticalCare
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 1

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
COVID-19 Chest CT ... - Case 1 Main ... periphery of two lungs ... COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest ... #Clinical #CriticalCare