22 results
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... meropenem) #Lung #Abscess ... Pulmonary #Clinical #CXR ... #ChestXRay
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Atonic, Tonic-clonic ... Encephalitis, Brain Abscess ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... Chronic diseases ... Cells - tumor, chronic ... respond to the treatment ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
(MS), Epidural abscess ... Mononeuritis multiplex, Phrenic ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... GI Absorption: Chronic ... Carboxymaltose, CAR-T ... Hypophosphatemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
approach to the differential ... Assess volume status ... correction of chronic ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... #management #nephrology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
FSGS • Other: Chronic ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... Myasthenia Gravis Treatment ... - Symptomatic Treatment ... inhibition - Chronic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Hypernatremia - Differential ... The differential ... correction of chronic ... Hypernatremia #Differential ... #management #nephrology