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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Criteria for Severe ... CAP - Severe CAP ... to IV fluids CURB ... stratification #curb65 ... #severe #psi #diagnosis
#Management #CAP #CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #Pneumonia #Risk #Stratification  #Admission #PSI #CURB65 #Algorithm #Score
#Management #CAP ... CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #Pneumonia ... Stratification #Admission #PSI ... #CURB65 #Algorithm
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
evidence) over the CURB ... evidence) • PSI ... • CURB-65 ... procalcitonin level Treatment ... #Management #treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
(COP) Cryptogenic ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... DDX: • CAP, ... Treatment: • ... glucocorticoids • Severe
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment Regimens
 • Outpatient, no significant comorbidities
 • Outpatient,
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... and Outpatient Treatment ... Inpatient, Non-severe ... • Inpatient, Severe ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #CAP
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Antibiotic treatment ... Community acquired pneumonia ... Community acquired pneumonia ... days • Scarlet fever ... primarycare #outpatient #treatment
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... with low-grade fever ... Like in COP we see ... respond promptly to treatment ... #Eosinophilic #Pneumonia
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... misdiagnosed as CAP ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... High-dose steroids for severe
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Diagnosis and Management Summary
PRE-ENDOSCOPY
Vasoactive agents - Octreotide: 
 • 50mcg bolus →
for 2-5 days, Can ... Duration = 7 days, Can ... case of PUD) PERI-ENDOSCOPY ... procedure and every ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Peri-operative Hyperthermia ... dysfunction and death can ... Treatment depends ... Actively maintained fever