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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
the setting of liver ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... • Underlying liver ... disease - Portal ... hypertension • Liver
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... decubitus - air fluid level ... - Switch to oral ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
glucose by the liver ... contribution of liver ... output - Acute pulmonary ... mellitus/DKA - Liver ... gluconeogenesis Liver
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
disorder of chronic liver ... : 1) chronic liver ... DIAGNOSIS - TRIAD: • Liver ... the severity of liver ... supplemental oxygen • Liver
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
disseminated disease • Clinical ... When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... , eyes, heart, liver ... disease: no treatment ... management #summary #fungal
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... stain of clinical ... Increased protein level ... • A low or normal ... glucose level,
Xanthoma Striatum Palmare- A 49-year-old man was referred to the metabolic clinic for evaluation of severe
the metabolic clinic ... evaluations showed a total ... Treatment with LDL ... #NEJM #clincal # ... photo #xanthoma
Majocchi’s Granuloma due to Trichophyton rubrum 
This is GMS stain and culture of a skin biopsy
No fever. ... Treatment: Itraconazole ... Rx: Oral antifungal ... recommended Mayo Clinic ... #photo #microscopy
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... Disease: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... vasculitis: 10%-16% Liver ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... This post will focus ... defaulting to a normal ... bleeding often from a liver