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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... macrophages in HIV • Lung ... : • Upper lung ... cough, myalgia • Lung ... Microsporidium #Lung
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
(infection) • ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... History of cancer, lung
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... : • Pneumonia ... • Subphrenic abscess
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... - Imaging: • CXR ... peripheries and lower lung ... Diagnosis: • Lung ... TBNA or Surgical lung
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
– ARDS: Clinical ... , inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... with decreased lung ... detected on CT or CXR
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status • Chronic lung ... status NTM Cause ... to NTM: Chronic lung ... : • Syndrome of ... - Cough and lung
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
104°F) • Lobar pneumonia ... gram-negative pneumonia ... • Abscess, bacteremia ... Causes: • Still's ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Streptococcus pneumoniae ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... (caries, abscess ... subdural hematoma, lung
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
an abscess may ... the consolidated lung ... one month after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #