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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... • CT: Halo sign ... It's usually low if ... , pleural effusion ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
6th decades of life ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

This
a patient with fever ... This POCUS finding ... on CXR/CT imaging ... photo #ultrasound #lung ... #pulmonary
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
with low oxygen level ... be more obvious if ... nodular interstitial lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... decubitus - air fluid level ... pneumonectomy if ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... healthy 12mo-old w/ fever ... ABx & dc if no significant ... imaging such as cxr ... #pediatrics
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... and/or digoxin level ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... edema - Large effusion ... #Management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... bilateral pleural effusions ... of CXR congestion ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Amiodarone half life ... exudative pleural effusions ... Fever 4. ... #diagnosis #management
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
space (pleural effusion ... disease, i.e. fluid ... The following signs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar