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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 ... Pulmonary edema; ARDS ... pulmonary #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT ... #radiology
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
people with HIV/AIDS ... Others: Lymphoma, Kaposrs ... sarcoma, AIDS enteropathy ... Diarrhea #HIVAIDS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... Interstitium • ILD
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... severity of the ARDS ... >= 5cm H2O #ARDS
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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CT • Thickened ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... #Paving #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
#Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... 200: Pulmonary Kaposi's ... CXR +/- High res CT ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... enhancement on CT ... #diagnosis #AIDS
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
distress syndrome (ARDS ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • CT: Halo sign ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential