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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... cough and some fever ... manifestation of AIDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
loss, lethargy, fever ... • Fever, weight ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... - Typhoid fever ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Imaging: • CXR ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... Treatment: •
A Non-Invasive approach to Respiratory Failure
 • COPD and Ventilatory Failure → NiPPV with Bi-level Settings
NiPPV with Bi-level ... Settings • CHF / Pulmonary ... NiPPV CPAP or Bi-level ... Settings • Pneumonia ... or ARDS → High-Flow
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
tuberculosis Clinical ... to thrive • Fever ... and joints • Liver ... Tuberculosis #TB #Pulmonary ... #InfectiousDiseases
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... disease (other than liver ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... - Pneumonia, ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases
Pneumonia on Chest Xray and POCUS

Extensive pneumonia in lower left lobe (red arrow). 
POCUS: Dynamic air
Pneumonia on Chest ... AirBronchogram #POCUS #CXR ... #Comparison #Clinical ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Clinical
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
this patient have pneumonia ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... Inflammation (e.g., fever ... procalcitonin) - Pulmonary ... #Pneumonia #Venn