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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
loss, lethargy, fever ... : • 3 syndromes ... • Fever, weight ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of organizing pneumonia ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... Treatment: • ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... Severe Pneumocystis pneumonia ... • COVID-19 pneumonia ... Severe typhoid fever ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia ... - Typhoid fever ... community-acquired pneumonia ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Syndrome Definition ... Cough, Dyspnea, Fever ... Renal Syndromes ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
this patient have pneumonia ... e.g., CXR, CT, ultrasound ... Inflammation (e.g., fever ... procalcitonin) - Pulmonary ... #Pneumonia #Venn
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... brown sputum, fever ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
B-Lines in case of Pneumonia ... healthy pt with fever ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... had Mycoplasma pneumonia ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
urea nitrogen level ... procalcitonin level ... Treatment: ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #Pulmonary #Community
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Room Air + Sea Level ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Intracardiac, Pulmonary ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Atelectasis, ARDS, Pneumonia