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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... hypertension • ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
diseases - HIV infection ... due to lung disease ... Interstitial lung ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Infection ... Arterial Hypertension
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... (chronic lung disease ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... - Mechanism: causes ... diagnosis #management #hepatology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential # ... causes #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... on radioactive lung ... ) on room air Treatment ... #hepatology
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
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- Differential ... - Maternal hypertension ... and/or drug treatment ... #Neutropenia #differential ... #hematology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
confirm DAH, r/o infection ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Causes of Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Malignancy 
 - Tumor effect* (esp. Gl, lung, lymphoma)
Causes of Unintentional ... Gl, lung, lymphoma ... ) - Treatment ... Eating disorders Infections ... cachexia"), COPD ("pulmonary