2121 results
Risk factors
Defining high- or low-risk is currently more difficult than it was in the old guideline.
Previously
first-degree relative or exposure ... characteristics alone (See Table ... Epidemiology #Radiology #Pulmonary
Exposure Related ILD

 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
 • Pneumoconioses 
 • Radiation pneumonitis
 • Medication-induced ILD

Andrew Sanchez
Exposure Related ... ASanchez_PS #Exposure ... ILD #diagnosis #pulmonary
"I MD SOAPS" Infectious Diseases Exposure History

I - Immunization - Vaccination status (age-appropriate, comorbidities, travel, etc)
M
Infectious Diseases Exposure ... medications; drug exposure ... previous work exposures ... Activities - Animal exposure ... #IMDSOAPS #Exposure
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
between travel/exposures ... E - Exposure History ... Consumption, Water Exposure
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
• Occupational exposure ... • Household exposure ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... Epidemiologic exposure
Nerve agent exposure is a generalized whole-body exposure. Similar to organophosphates, symptoms and signs result from
Nerve agent exposure ... generalized whole-body exposure ... SignsSymptoms #Table
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Traveler - History Exposure ... and body fluid exposure ... and rabies post-exposure ... leptospirosis • Animal exposures
Lung Auscultation and Physical Exam Findings in Selected Lung Disorders

#PhysicalExam #Auscultation #Pulmonary #Percussion #Dullness #Fremitus #BreathSounds
#Auscultation #Pulmonary ... Transmitted #Comparison #Table
Characteristics of Important Exudative Pleural Effusions

#Exudative #Pleural #Effusions #Comparison #Table #Characteristics #Differential #Pulmonary
Effusions #Comparison #Table ... #Differential #Pulmonary
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
solid media • Exposure ... disease): • Exposure ... diagnosis #treatment #pulmonary