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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Management: • ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
caused by the inability ... approach to the differential ... Assess volume status ... correction of chronic ... Diagnosis #Treatment #management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... - M. abscessus ... NTM #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... Spore ingestion → colonic ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... improvement with Tx Management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections - Differential ... (Mycobacteria abscessus ... Naegleria fowleri • Chronic ... Waterborne #Infections #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... 60 mg q6 - Chronic ... fastest approach to stabilize ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
patients with chronic ... pericardial disease; assess ... Hemodynamic instability ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
(91%): Acute / Chronic ... swelling or a chronic ... or intracranial abscesses ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
Rapid Response Management ... glucose, security, access ... Categorize and stabilize ... mental #status #Management ... encephalopathy #differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... infection) • Chronic ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management