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Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
changes, and other organ ... may present with pulmonary ... of anesthesia, surgery ... and then surgery ... #Management #treatment
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... Echo, LE doppler, CTA ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
and Management ... HIV/AIDS, CGD) Clinical ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... #Management #treatment
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... regurgitation) Diagnosis ... specific • Chest CTA ... Bypass Other Treatment ... #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement • Other organ ... characteristic features Clinical ... Can involve any organ ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Growers (Runyon Classification ... RGM • Plastic surgery ... RGM • Cardiac surgery ... seeding of other organs ... Disease: Clinical
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
urine, sweat) - its ... Both of these organs ... regional ischemia, surgery ... output - Acute pulmonary ... #typea #typeb #classification
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
inflammation of multiple organs ... association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #management #signs
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement • Other organ ... characteristic features Clinical ... Can involve any organ ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment