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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... #differential #causes
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
The table below ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... Given low sensitivity ... initiation of treatment ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
Presentation • Fever ... Cardiac: multiple case ... normal, can be low ... Evaluation #Guide #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Protocol
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... , pleural thickening ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
consistent with a diagnosis ... the apex of the lung ... experience, the cause ... or induced by treatment ... Horners #Syndrome #clinical
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Management Summary Causes ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Muscle swelling - Fever ... #treatment #nephrology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
mg per day How ... starting amiodarone treatment ... and exudative pleural ... Fever 4. ... Exclude other causes
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
mental status and low ... & Dry) is the treatment ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #table #foamed
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
• AIDS with low ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... pulmonary infiltrates, pleural ... Fever, chills, lack
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment