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Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... symptoms (e.g., ... chest pain) and signs ... #Pneumonia #Venn
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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cases Clinical Signs ... years - May have signs ... pulmonary TB PE ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing ... Males=Females SIGNS ... /SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia Signs ... /Symptoms: • Confusion ... radiograph or CT ... #treatment #Pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... Physical stigmata of cor ... high-resolution chest CT