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Common causes of post-Transplant Diarrhea
 • Bacterial: Clostridium difficile, Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., Bacterial overgrowth, Aeromonus
Common causes of ... post-Transplant ... Bacterial: Clostridium difficile ... Diarrhea #diagnosis #differential ... #causes
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Transplant Infections ... Timeline Pre-transplant ... Clostridioides difficile ... Infections #Timeline #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm on Echocardiogram

Aneurysm of RPA with thrombus appear as a huge mass compressing LA/mass
Pulmonary Artery ... A case of VSD Eisenmenger ... Difficult to manage ... DrRajeshG1 #Pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
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Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... E. coli, C difficile ... histolytjca) Nausea ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... in Transplant Patients ... C. difficile PCR ... #Transplant #diagnosis ... #differential
Erythrocytosis - Polycythemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Elevated Hemoglobin:
 • Males: Hb > 16.5 g/dL/HCT ≥ 49%
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- Polycythemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polycythemia - Acquired Causes ... Hypoxia-driven: Cardiac/pulmonary ... Hypoxia-independent: Post-renal transplant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... it can be very difficult ... pattern is also difficult ... seen and in many cases ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Secondary infection (C diff ... Difficile, COVID ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... Infarction and Pulmonary ... pericarditis, making it difficult ... to differentiate ... life-threatening causes
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Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
This makes it difficult ... since in many cases ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... Cavity #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary