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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
airway increased mucus ... WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... see thick dark mucus ... pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Bullous Pemphigoid - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathophysiology: Autoantibody-mediated damage to epithelial basement membrane -> separation of
Diagnosis and Management ... epidermis from dermis Clinical ... ruptured bullae - Mucous ... erosions in ~20% Management ... Pemphigoid #Diagnosis #Management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... BM/d) ± blood/mucus ... improvement with Tx Management ... Infection #diagnosis #management
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... • Vessels • Mucous ... poor nutrition Clinical ... Nutrition #Diagnosis #Management
Fern test. Fern test refers to detection of a characteristic 'fern like' pattern of cervical mucus
pattern of cervical mucus ... specimen of cervical mucus ... Cervix #Cervical #Clinical
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
Mucoid impaction Mucus ... differentiating mucus ... #Clinical #Radiology ... MucusPlugging #Mucus
History Taking for IBD - FECES Mnemonic
FECES:
F - Frequency- how often? nocturnal sx? 
E - Emptying
Consistency - mucous ... self-management?
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Pulmonary Edema, Mucous ... Alveolar: Pneumonia, Mucous
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
tracheal tumor, Mucus ... stenosis, bronchitis, Mucus
Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS)
Clinical features
all: fever > 101.3 F
most: oxygen
infection (PIMS-TS) Clinical ... lymphadenopathy, mucus