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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Summary Lung ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Abscess Management ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Exercise intolerance, dyspnea ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... Bypass Other Treatment ... hemodynamic variables, dyspnea ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
as data on new treatment ... US and updated treatment ... illness) • 20-40% dyspnea ... Cheatsheet #Diagnosis #Management ... #Summary #SARSCoV2
Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
Pleural Manometry Summary ... and entrapped lung ... every as fluid is removed ... Manometry #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary #differential
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect ... absence of intrinsic lung ... Presentation: • Dyspnea ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... on radioactive lung
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... • Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... in the adjacent lung ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... verrucous) • Lung ... Heart Failure • Dyspnea ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... sparing of the lung ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment