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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute respiratory symptoms ... symptoms • Pericarditis ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... or TSH level if symptoms ... monitoring (vital signs ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
confirm DAH, r/o infection ... or serologies + symptoms ... sparing of the lung ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... vasculitis vs infection ... Treatment of GCA ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... procedures - Cataract ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... gradually with symptoms ... failure - Infectious ... Improvement in symptoms ... #diagnosis #management
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... • PULMONARY A ... precede other signs ... testing #diagnosis #criticalcare ... comparison #challenges #management
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... goals of assessing lung ... there are any signs ... /symptoms of worsening ... #Pleural #Pulmonary
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
opportunistic infection ... suspected Adiunctive treatments ... BID if <96hr of symptoms ... Influenza #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare