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Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Non-Resolving Pneumonias ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... Eosinophilic PNA (acute ... or chronic) ... , CHF) - Drug toxicity
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... 5) History of acute ... or chronic ingestion ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
pleural effusions • Acute ... acute respiratory ... • Chronic toxicity ... (e.g., chronic ... Fever 4.
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
and/or digoxin level ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... patients With chronic ... Revascularization, treatment ... for acute MI if
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
not possible • Ultrasound ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... gout treatment; ... nephrolithiasis, serum urate level ... • Serum urate level
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
ART: • ART ↓ viral ... • Degree of viral ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... Drug reaction/ART toxicity
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
The Disease: • Pulmonary ... (91%): Acute / ... Chronic Pneumonia ... swelling or a chronic ... adjacent to the focus