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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... • Most common cause ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Chicago disease - Summary ... - Sporadic cases ... resembles community-acquired ... presentation of TB, lung ... #management #summary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... hematuria, RBC casts ... #management #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management Summary ... absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... on radioactive lung ... #management #treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Toxicity Summary ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... starting amiodarone treatment ... macrophages Treatment
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Testing - OnePager Summary ... Pulmonary Artery ... cardiac output causes ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #comparison
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary ... exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... management #cardiology #treatment