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Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
B-Lines in case of Pneumonia ... healthy pt with fever ... immunosuppression, travel ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... partially seen shred sign
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Low-grade fever ... insufficiency, fever ... Edema: • Pathophysiology ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
infection Cardinal Symptoms ... localizing signs ... or symptoms - Malaria ... Cough, dyspnea - Pneumonia ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
/Symptoms: • Usually ... cystitis, may have fever ... be present or signs ... Pathophysiology: ... clostridium, klebsiella pneumoniae
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Illness Script PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... Males=Females SIGNS ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... #Signs #Symptoms
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... myalgias, HoTN, edema ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... Diagnosis: >3 symptoms ... APML #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... • Fever, cough ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... • Isolated fever ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... - Pneumonitis (fever ... Fever, chills, lack ... and peripheral edema ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management