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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... , pleural effusion ... reported in 100% of cases
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
A-lines (parietal pleura ... reflection) Pneumonia ... effusion - Reduced ... in severe cases ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
CO2 production (fever ... consider draining pleural ... effusions • Improve ... Algorithm #Extubation #CriticalCare ... #Management
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching case ... was admitted for pneumonia ... effusion where ... respiratory #Chest #Lung
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... for Three Common Causes ... , traction for long ... for hemoglobin level ... #CriticalCare
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Sporadic cases ... community-acquired pneumonia ... patterns, small pleural ... effusions) ... presentation of TB, lung
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
and exudative pleural ... effusions • Acute ... Fever 4. ... Exclude other causes ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... Xerotrachea • NSIP: Pleural ... thickening or effusion ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
decrease in HIV-1 RNA level ... pulmonary infiltrates, pleural ... effusions, CNS ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management