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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
in HIV/AIDS Patients ... tuberculosis Infectious ... ID_fellows #HIVAIDS ... differential #diagnosis #chestCT ... #radiology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... 200: Pulmonary Kaposi's ... /- High res CT chest ... Diseases Fellows ... #HIVAIDS #workup
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pulmonary Embolism (chest ... Hypertension - Chest ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Radiology • Miliary ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... dizziness, syncope, chest ... • Valve disease ... • Fever/infection ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... extrapulmonary disease ... fungal stain of clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
with persistent chest ... without signs of infection ... of a malignant disease ... cell carcinoma #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
seen in other diseases ... pneumonia (COP/BOOP) - Infection ... heart failure, ARDS ... , AIP) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... change CV risk Chest