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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... breath, Fatigue, Chest ... : • Chest pain ... Abdominal pain, chronic
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... #Dyspnea #SOB #
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... In the proper clinical ... list of causes of chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
evidence of a chest ... e.g., CXR, CT, ultrasound ... symptoms (e.g., dyspnea ... production, pleuritic chest ... #Pneumonia #Venn
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
left a case of chronic ... and an abnormal chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Eosinophilic ... #RadiologyAssistant
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
Fever+, Cough+, Dyspnea ... +, Pleuritic Chest ... mechanical ventilation Chronic ... Consolidations AKA "inverse pulmonary ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
HRCT findings in Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Peripheral consolidations with upper lobe predominance (photo negative of pulmonary edema).
On
HRCT findings in Chronic ... photo negative of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Pulmonary ... /Chest Wall: • ... Pleural effusion, Pneumonia ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
like acute or chronic ... illness, clinical ... between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
COVID-19 on POCUS

I am infected with COVID-19. This is my own #POCUS 2 days after the
COVID-19 on POCUS ... No feeling of dyspnea ... observed in the chest ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Lung #Ultrasound