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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
CBC, vitamin D level ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... COPD Assess ... #AECOPD #Algorithm
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... TB: • Fever • ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... TB: • Fever • ... Active TB: • ... and Culture • CXR
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... signs/symptoms of active ... pulmonary TB PE ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT
Pneumonia on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Haitian woman fever, cough & this clip => PNA &
clip => PNA & TB ... No CXR (machine ... hole of “truth” (CT ... #Clinical #Lung ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Disease: Clinical ... Imaging, high res CT
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
obstruction • COPD ... • Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
increased B-cell activity ... granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... decrease in HIV-1 RNA level ... initiation Clinical ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses ... • Persistently active