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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... cancer, Kaposi ... #differential #diagnosis ... #chestCT #radiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Benign ... Heart Disease Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... hump along may aid ... in the diagnosis ... of pulmonary embolism ... EmergencyMedicine #CriticalCare
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... • New cardiac murmur ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Diagnosis? ... #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... , verrucous) - Lung ... • New cardiac murmur ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
irregular rhythm, new murmur ... 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis