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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Classification ... #Stages #Classes ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
four-component staging ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #Stages #Classes ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Causes include: ... vascular congestion ... activity, especially status ... #differential #diagnosis
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
Prolonged shoulder injury ... a stroke that caused ... healing (i.e. local connective ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #staging #msk
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... insipidus • Kidney stones ... caused by Ca2+ ... Antagonists, K+ Sparing
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... → mucous stasis ... Most Common Causes ... Immunodeficiencies • Connective ... parenchyma Diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
and congestion. ... Signs of congestion ... Imaging and more ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
presentations and disease states ... liver or renal injury ... output - Acute pulmonary ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury ... #typeb #classification
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Postoperative status ... NTM Cause Many ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Clinical (Symptoms, Imaging
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... to years after starting ... macrophages in alveolar spaces ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... Exclude other causes