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Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... nodules (no solid component ... , clinical judgment ... Management options ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis
Malignant Hyperthermia is a very rare, but life-threatening condition that can occur after using certain anesthetic
viewer quickly diagnose ... different hospitals' protocols ... #algorithm ... Management of malignant ... Therapeutics and Clinical
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... Hantavirus • Malignant ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... : pleural effusion ... #management #treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
with CTD, drugs, malignancy ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... , pleural thickening ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Malignant #Management ... #Pleural #Pulmonary
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Key Components: ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... organ system: • Pleura ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... drugs, seizures, malignancy ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Cyanide - Propofol
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... organ system: • Pleura ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... Xerotrachea • NSIP: Pleural ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... and Arthritis Malignancy ... #Management