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Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
criteria for asthma-COPD ... COPD=chronic obstructive ... pulmonary disease; CT ... normal #Diagnosis #PCC ... #IM #ACOS #AsthmaCOPD
Algorithm for Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #PulmonaryEmbolism #Pulmonary #Embolism #DDimer #CTA
Algorithm for Evaluation ... Diagnosis #EM #IM ... #PCC #PulmonaryEmbolism ... Embolism #DDimer #CTA ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
pts with severe COPD ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... MRI ($$$$) CORE IM
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
and Diagnosis Algorithm ... → CT urography and ... identified by UW IM ... Hematuria #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
• CD4 < 200: PCP ... heart failure, COPD ... CXR +/- High res CT ... Fungal, AFB), TB PCR ... sputum, PCP DFA
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
PPI use Food: Cold ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Infection) • MRI / CT
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
PPI use Food: Cold ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Infection) • MRI / CT
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
left false vocal cord ... #NEJM #clinical ... laryngoscope #radiology #CT
Froin’s Syndrome - On lumbar puncture, the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was xanthochromic, viscous, and coagulated in
flow by a spinal cord ... CT myelography showed ... compressing the spinal cord ... Clinical #Radiology #CT ... FroinSyndrome #NEJM
Bronchoscopic Removal of an Obstructing Broncholith - Computed tomography of the chest showed an obstructing broncholith
#Clinical #PCC # ... Broncholith #CT ... #Bronchoscopy #NEJM