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Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Pleuritic chest ... • Reticular + Nodular ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... suggestive but not diagnostic ... #diagnosis #management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... change CV risk Chest ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
Low probability: Serial ... definitive tissue diagnosis ... #Management #Radiology ... #CTChest #Fleischner ... Society #Followup #Pulmonary