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COVID-19 POCUS

96 yrs old, discharged 3 wks ago for CAP, treated with amox/clav then cefixime. Returns
96 yrs old, discharged ... Returns for dyspnea ... CXR with consolidation ... POCUS #Clinical #Lung ... #Ultrasound #SARSCoV2
COVID-19 Chest Xray - First case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Canada
Chest x-ray shows bilateral, peribronchovascular,
- First case of ... peribronchovascular, ill-defi ... opacities in all lung ... #ChestXray #CXR ... #Clinical #SARSCoV2
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... i.e. cancer) • Dyspnea ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis ... slowly progressive dyspnea ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Abscess Differential
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... History: cough, dyspnea ... - Imaging: • CXR ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... masses. ... dealing with the differential ... diagnosis of chronic ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... status NTM Cause ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... Weakness, • Dyspnea ... NTM #Infections #differential