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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm Acute ... Subacute: • Acute ... Septic Emboli, Fungal
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Atypical Infxn (fungal ... #Schema #Acute ... #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... Diseases • Acute ... Infectious (Variable) - Fungal ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
pCO2. 4) The final ... the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... Differential Diagnosis ... depression, Obstructive Lung
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
Eosinophilia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... GI, lung, skin), ... ascariasis), Scabies, Fungi ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Polysaccharide cell wall component ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... Clav (may be + as long ... Galactomannan #diagnosis ... #comparison