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

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with Indwelling Pleural ... #Indwelling #Pleural ... #Infections #diagnosis ... #management #differential ... #pulmonary
Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
Elastance during ... of re-expansion pulmonary ... #Manometry #diagnosis ... #management #pulmonary ... #differential #
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... syndrome • Protein-losing ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious
Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
etiology, narrow the differential ... diagnoses, & design ... a management plan ... examinations & infectious ... DharSaty #csf #pleural
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
fraction < 20% Differential ... Infectious: Mycoplasma ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... : pleural effusion ... • Ocular: uveitis
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... infections according ... Aspergillosis PLEURAL ... ComputedTomography #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Chest
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
avium complex • Nodular ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... tuberculosis Infectious ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
lesion contact during ... Headache, meningitis, ocular ... ulcerated • MSK ... Syphilis #stages #diagnosis ... #management #Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
infiltrates, pleural ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... life-threatening Differential ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... #management #neurology