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Infections Associated with Indwelling Pleural Catheters (IPCs)
Types of Infections:
 - Cellulitis
 - Tunnel Infection
 - Emypema

By
with Indwelling Pleural ... #Indwelling #Pleural ... Catheters #IPCs #PleurX ... #management #differential ... #pulmonary
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
     •
Effusion - Differential ... Effusion: - Pulmonary ... • Infectious ... , SLE) • Pulmonary ... #Effusion #Differential
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Foreign Body • Pleural ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Cavitary Lung Lesions - Differential
Infection - Malignancy - Rheumatologic - Other

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#Cavitary #Cavity
Lung Lesions - Differential ... Infection - Malignancy ... - Rheumatologic ... Lesions #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
diagnosis of Exudative Pleural ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... : pleural effusion ... #treatment #rheumatology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... infection, ARDS ... Consolidation #Differential
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... - Blood • Pleura ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... #dyspnea #sob #differential
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... #Effusion #Pulmonary
Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
Pleural Manometry ... Pressures and Pleural ... of re-expansion pulmonary ... Manometry #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary #differential