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Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... of starting OI treatment ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
Algorithm for Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH)
Initial Imaging for Screening - V/Q scan - 90-100%
Algorithm for Treatment ... • Assess for Pulmonary ... Operability → Pulmonary ... • Targeted Medical ... #treatment
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Medical Treatment ... Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... Disease Initial medical ... obstructive pulmonary ... Algorithm #Management #Pulmonary
Medical Management of Acute RV Failure
 • Evaluate and Treat Etiology of RV Failure [e.g. Acute
Medical Management ... involving RV, Pulmonary ... cardiology #management #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... • Pre-existing cardiomyopathy ... • Pulmonary embolus ... deteriorating on medical ... management #cardiology #treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
in cardiogenic pulmonary ... ventricular failure or pulmonary ... hypoperfusion, no pulmonary ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... Revascularization, treatment
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
erythropoietin • Cardiomyopathy ... → cardiomyopathy ... stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy ... may present with pulmonary ... • Treatment of
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Hypertension Presence of pulmonary ... RVSP) - Estimates pulmonary ... atrial pressure, Pulmonary ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... who respond to medical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... Histoplasmosis Treatment ... Rhinocerebral 2) Pulmonary ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases