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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and ... #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
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and ... #Diagnosis #Management
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... hypertension; CXR ... , chest X-ray; HPAH ... bronchopulmonary dysplasia; CLD ... , chronic lung disease
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... Diseases Fellows
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Interstitial Pneumonia - fibrosis ... leaking out of pulmonary ... intersitial space Infection ... #Diseases #ILD
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... Connective tissue diseases ... : TB, NTM, PNA ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... westermani • Other: TB ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Algorithm Stridor ... asthma • Pleural disease ... atelectasis • Lung ... fibrosis RR
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... • Dyspnea, • Chest
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Skin exam for infection ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management