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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 ... disease, Pulmonary alveolar ... ; Lung cancer, Kaposi ... effusion lymphoma), Kaposi's ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Heart Failure In CHF ... CHF also causes ... aims to inhibit ... #Medications #Action ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Preserved Ejection Fraction ... congestive state - Caution ... - May mimic HF ... as an "angina equivalent ... #Management #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Reduced Ejection Fraction ... 81% for acute HF ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... 5 pts w/ acute HF ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
transudate like in CHF ... capillary leak like in ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary
Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Patient Decision Aid

Page showing options, presenting probabilities, using statistics, and highlighting
Patient Decision Aid ... imminently, this option ... what the no-LVAD option ... VentricularAssistDevice #Management #CHF ... #Cardiology