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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Diagnosis: Causes ... syndrome, intestinal bacterial ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... #Summary #Nephrology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
tuberculosis, Bacterial ... , and fever BACTERIAL ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Summary What ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... cultures (sputum for bacteria ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #pulmonary #differential
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Toxicity Summary ... , ARDS, DAH, solitary ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... opacities; traction bronchiectasis ... Exclude other causes
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... be present: • AIDS ... drug-resistant infection, bacterial ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... (fever, cough, hypoxia