22 results
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... - Upper airway pathology ... - Lower airway pathology ... asthma • Pleural disease ... atelectasis • Lung
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
If required, specific ... analysis with eosinophil ... corticosteroids; LABA = long-acting ... agonist; LAMA = long-acting ... #Diagnosis #Management
Management of SIADH
Treat underlying cause:
 • Causes can include pain, primary lung pathology, post-operative phenomenon, medications,
Management of SIADH ... pain, primary lung ... pathology, post-operative ... SatyaPatelMD #SIADH #Management ... #hyponatremia #nephrology
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
cell enzymes - Acquired ... Prosthetic valves Lung ... Pneumonia • Other lung ... Myopathies (inherited, acquired ... Polyarteritis nodosa • Eosinophilic
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Chronic lung ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... severe community-acquired ... and M panel Management ... hematology #diagnosis #management
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
patients with COVID lung ... disease are doing ... this may be the disease ... unequivocally required ... support #COVID19 #management
Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease (ACKD) Screening and Management
 • Asymptomatic dialysis/renal transplant patient, aged >60 years,
Acquired Cystic ... Kidney Disease ( ... Screening and Management ... Cystic #Kidney #Disease ... surveillance #radiology #nephrology
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
, Chicago disease ... resembles community-acquired ... presentation of TB, lung ... Diagnosis • Management ... Blastomyces #diagnosis #management
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
Shock Structural lung ... disease (severe ... #Community #Acquired ... Antibiotics #Coverage #Management
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
IgG4-Related Disease ... biliary, renal, lung ... phase reactants, eosinophilia ... IgG4 #Related #Disease ... #diagnosis #management