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Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Anosmia, Stroke • Renal ... vein thrombosis, Pulmonary ... ischemia, Acute cor pulmonale ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #SARSCOV2
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... injury), Coags ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... or serologies + symptoms ... Goodpasture's cause
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Traumatic brain injury ... nervous system injury ... insufficiency shortly after ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms
Plankton Sign on POCUS
Complex pleural effusion after CABG - plankton sign 
Plankton sign + , swirling
POCUS Complex ... pleural effusion ... after CABG - plankton ... clots - highly suggestive ... #pulmonary #effusion
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
brief interval symptom ... rash • Others: nausea ... Weil's disease (renal ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Illness #Signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... bronchial wall injury ... inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... • Pulmonary artery
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
, and possibly renal ... are not caused ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
injury in the production ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... output - Acute pulmonary ... deficiency - Renal ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... exudative pleural effusions ... gradually with symptoms ... Exclude other causes ... Improvement in symptoms
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
and renal abnormalities ... purpura: Strong sign ... Superficial temporal artery ... • Progressive symptoms ... tract, and often causes