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Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Microbiology
 • Typicals: Strep pneumoniae, H influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staph aureus,
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia Mimics

- Dr. Emma Levine @EmmaHLevine

#CAP #Mimics #differential #diagnosis #pneumonia
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia Mimics ... EmmaHLevine #CAP ... #Mimics #differential ... #diagnosis #pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... criteria: Septic shock ... infiltrates, Confusion, Uremia ... #Community #Acquired ... #severe #psi #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia - Presenting ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... - Diagnosis and ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... #Acquired
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... cell enzymes - Acquired ... • Pneumocystis pneumonia ... #diagnosis #Laboratory
Causes of Fever in the Immunocompromised Host - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Structural Defect - Asplenia/HypospIenism
 • Bacteremia/Septic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bacteremia/Septic Shock ... Cell Mediated Immunity ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Diagnosis Framework ... Asthma • COPD • Pneumonia ... effusion/Tamponade Hematologic ... Tachypnea: • Anemia ... • Hypovolemic shock
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Elevated Troponin Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Pre-Coronarv): Shock ... , Hypoxemia, Anemia ... Occlusion • Stable
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
-> 40 years • Can ... frequent and severe community-acquired ... infections: Pneumonia ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology