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Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... effusion (MPE) ... and relief of dyspnea ... hospital admission, removal ... #Effusions #MPE
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
COVID-19 Intubation ... decruitment (but don't actively ... • Meticulous removal ... Intubation #Checklist #SARSCoV2 ... #Management #CriticalCare
Fibrinous septations in Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) - Lung POCUS
 • can be triggered by thoracenteses
Effusion (MPE) ... - Lung POCUS • ... prospective e/o dyspnea ... #Effusion #MPE ... #ultrasound #pulmonary
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Exercise intolerance, dyspnea ... 6 months after PE ... • Ventilation-perfusion ... hemodynamic variables, dyspnea ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... effusion (MPE) ... and relief of dyspnea ... hospital admission, removal ... #Pleural #Pulmonary
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
illness) • 20-40% dyspnea ... unilateral* • POCUS ... numerous B-lines, pleural ... Cheatsheet #Diagnosis #Management ... #Summary #SARSCoV2
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... organ system: • Pleura ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... organ system: • Pleura ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Xerotrachea • NSIP: Pleural ... thickening or effusion ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... muscarinic agonists • Active ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management