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AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
duration) - Kaposi ... Burkitt's (or equivalent ... immunoblastic (or equivalent ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis ... #List #Differential
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... ; Lung cancer, Kaposi ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT ... #radiology
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... as an "angina equivalent ... hypertension, pulmonary ... ineffective) #Management ... #Cardiology #HFpEF
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Differential
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... ) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... structures help in the differential ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology
LUMBAR Syndrome

What do you call a segmental lumbosacral hemangioma + spinal problems?? LUMBAR syndrome, a fairly
ensure correct management ... be lower body equivalent ... LUMBAR #Syndrome #Radiology ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
or R/S>I STEMI Equivalents ... Ischemia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #STEMI #Equivalents ... Interpretation #differential
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... #edema #NCPE #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI Equivalents ... leads) #STEMI #Equivalents ... #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology #electrocardiogram
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... Kaposi's Sarcoma ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential