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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
manifestations of active ... of developing active ... years of age ACTIVE ... Workup #TB #Latent #Active ... #LatentTB #ActiveTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Asymptomatic Active ... assessing for active ... - Only latent Active
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Asymptomatic Active ... assessing for active ... - Only latent Active
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Pulmonary Embolism ... Differential/diagnosis ... Activate cath lab ... thread for POCUS Pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
who are robust, active ... People who have no active ... exercise or are very active ... not regularly active ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
a patient with active ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... signs/symptoms of active ... pulmonary TB PE ... for concomitant pulmonary
Work Shifting - Mechanical Ventilation
Why the new term:
Synchrony issues, by definition, have to do with timing.
but to work of breathing ... Pvent and Pmus are active ... Troubleshooting #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #pulmonary
Galaxy Sign on Chest CT
 • Coalescent granuloma with a central dense mass and tiny peripheral
massive fibrosis, active ... Sign #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
lungs: • Change breathing ... intensive ❾ Begin active ... Plan admission to critical ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis