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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... necrosis (7-14 days later ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... decubitus - air fluid level
Katayama Fever - Physical examination and diagnostic testing revealed multiple small papules on the trunk (Panel
Katayama Fever - ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #InfectiousDisease ... #CXR #Schistosomiasis ... KatayamaFever #Rash #NEJM
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Splashing infected material ... organism into the lungs ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... → no signs of CXR ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... e.g. incidental CXR ... • Natural history ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... and/or digoxin level ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Ventriculoperitoneal-Shunt Placement for Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus - Magnetic resonance imaging revealed ballooning of the ventricles, with an
frontal horns of the lateral ... measured at the level ... Clinical #Neuro #NSG #Radiology ... #MRI #NPH #NormalPressureHydrocephalus ... CallosalAngle #NEJM
Perirenal Extramedullary Hematopoiesis - Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen, performed without the administration of contrast
administration of contrast material ... normal-appearing liver ... hematopoiesis #cilnical #Radiology ... Pathology #Honc #MRI ... ExtramedullaryHematopoiesis #Microscopy #NEJM
Vertebral Hydatidosis- Physical examination revealed impaired sensation in both legs and weak foot flexion. Laboratory tests
C-reactive protein level ... lesions in the liver ... and lungs and also ... #clinical #radiology ... #MRI #NEJM #vertebral
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... bleeding often from a liver ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary