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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... 38 degrees • Chills ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Cryptococcus - Coccidioides
Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
are approved for clinical ... bronchoscopic lung ... survival on other long-term ... to lung volume ... endobronchial valve; LVRC: lung
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... the apex and the lung ... In these cases comparison ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
patients with chronic lung ... thyrotoxicosis • Long-term ... decompensated CHF ... #Medications #management ... #treatment #comparison
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
hallucinations, rashes/long-term ... tolerable • Limited clinical ... Coccidioidomycosis #coccidioides ... #valleyfever #management ... #comparison #table
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Clinical ... ROM +/- fever, chills ... cervical, anal Cxs ... results *** MH/CCF
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... → no signs of CXR ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
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
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Lymphoma • Lung ... Septic emboli • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung ... TB #Diagnosis #Management