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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Algorithm Red ... night sweats, chills ... (infection) • ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis of CHF - Visual Abstract
What is the accuracy of combined Lung Ultrasound
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis ... of CHF - Visual ... Ultrasound (LUS) and clinical ... heart failure (ADHF ... 20.9 - LR- 0.07 CXR
Visual Abstract: Does lung ultrasound compared to standard approach, improve the accuracy for diagnosis of acute
Abstract: Does lung ... Integration of LUS with clinical ... approach based on CXR ... LungUltrasound #POCUS ... #CHF #ADHF #EBM
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... dyspnea, productive cough ... Blood cultures • CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... • Productive cough ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Heart Failure (ADHF ... presenting with ADHF ... “the squeeze”) along ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... • Productive cough ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... Fevers and/or chills ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptoms • Fever, cough ... has five major clinical ... Found primarily along ... • Cough, fever ... fungal stain of clinical