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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 ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... with associated hypoxia
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
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Bacteria: - Bacteroides ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential # ... #treatment #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... cultures (sputum for bacteria ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Sepsis - Bacterial ... #Diagnosis #causes
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
was admitted for pneumonia ... drain - What’s the diagnosis ... Mucormycosis - Bacteria ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #respiratory
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
drug-resistant infection, bacterial ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... (fever, cough, hypoxia
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... • Persistent bacteremia ... #infectiousdiseases