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Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
emergency airway management ... tool, called the HEAVEN ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... PCC #Heaven #Criteria ... Difficult #Airway #RebelEM
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... years - May have ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
zone, GGO, small modular ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
regurgitation) Diagnosis ... defects • Confirm diagnosis ... with CTEPH who have ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis ... #management
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Extrapulmonary disease have ... blastomycosis • Diagnosis ... • Management ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis ... #management #summary
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Pulmonary Nodule ... yield of available diagnostic ... Management options ... nodules have a ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Presentation: • 80% have ... Lung Abscess Management ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... differential #causes #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... pregnancy • May have ... should be done on diagnosis ... Cardiomyopathy #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
• HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... quantiferon-gold (IGRA) have ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... 30-50% patients have ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... #Management #Signs