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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
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... rnonths • Fever, cough ... meropenem) #Lung ... #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status • Chronic lung ... to NTM: Chronic lung ... with: Cavitary lung ... - Cough and lung ... Lung Disease:
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 ... abscess Primary ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe 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 ... abscess Primary ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... COPD Assess ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptoms • Fever, cough ... has five major clinical ... • Cough, fever ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... Fevers and/or chills ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... disease b) CHF ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung