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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
lymph nodes Risk ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Inhibitor: • Risk ... #Management #Treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... pneumonia • DM risk ... #pulmonary #differential ... #treatment #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
lymph nodes Risk ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Inhibitor: • Risk ... #Management #Treatment
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... Disease (COPD) ... (ABCD) - Assess ... #diagnosis #management ... #GOLD2022 #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... events or death (CARP ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
risk associations ... • Aortic valve disease ... deficit • Shock Treatment ... Aortic #Dissection #diagnosis ... #management #vascular
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... extrapulmonary disease ... Encapsulated yeast • At risk ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... #Management #Infections
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #treatment
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Nelson River Risk ... Collagen vascular disease ... camping) The Disease ... : • Pulmonary ... #management #treatment
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
Pulmonary Symptoms ... Birbeck granules (EM ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... TREATMENT OPTIONS ... #Management