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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia - Presenting ... if productive, Fever ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... Vitamin C is required ... Ill temper • Fever ... #VitaminC #AscorbicAcid ... #Pathophysiology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Differential Diagnosis ... tachycardia or fever ... hypotension or septic shock ... #differential #diagnosis ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
- Differential Diagnosis ... cell enzymes - Acquired ... • Pneumocystis pneumonia ... myocarditis, rheumatic fever ... #differential #diagnosis
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Asthma • COPD • Pneumonia ... Tachypnea: • Anemia ... • Hypovolemic shock ... • Temperature/FEVER
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
for Klebsiella pneumonia ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... : • 80% have fever ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Intervention: - Fevers
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... can be community-acquired ... Ileus, Megacolon, Shock