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Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Whooping cough, Bacterial ... pneumonia, Virus ... #Differential # ... workup #algorithm ... #pulmonary
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Physiologic: ARDS ... Focal Alveolar: Pneumonia ... Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis ... #hypoxia #Differential
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Pharyngitis - IDSA ... Bacterial • ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #bacteria ... #microbiology
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Consolidation: Pyogenic bacterial ... disease: Pyogenic bacterial ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Arrhythmia • Atrial ... Asthma • COPD • Bronchiectasis ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... • ARDS • COPD
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework ... tuberculosis, Bacterial ... , and fever BACTERIAL ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... and sputum cx (Bacterial ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation ... #differential #
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
, Pneumonia and ... Gradient #alveolar #arterial ... #pulmonary #Hypoxia ... #hypoxemia #differential ... #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
CT) • Broncho-arterial ... cultures (sputum for bacteria ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... (LR + 2.7) • Hypoxia ... or CT Scan Bacterial ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Community