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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Summary Lung ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Prevotella • Fungal
Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
• Confirm IV access ... • Concise one-liner ... Wrap up RRT: • Final ... Response #Team #RRT #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... there is no clear cause ... Syndrome #ARDS #Summary ... #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
& Mississippi river ... - Sporadic cases ... inoculation • Clinical ... #management #summary ... #fungal
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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and Management ... Summary Epidemiology ... extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... #Management #Summary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... Summary A defect ... lung disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... echocardiography - Assess
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
will vary with clinical ... bradycardia. renal/liver ... dissociative drug, it causes ... Delirium #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential Diagnosis ... (Mycobacteria abscessus ... is biphasic • Clinical ... Meningitis - Liver ... - And, in rare cases
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... Summary Epidemiology ... renal failure Clinical ... heart (2-5%), liver ... #Management #Signs
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Blastomycosis Summary ... • Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... lives in moist soil ... #management #treatment