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Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
miosis during ocular ... of myasthenia gravis ... Edrophonium • Used for diagnosis ... of myasthenia gravis ... glaucoma • Has long
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Immunocompromise Treatment ... , prostate, ocular ... (daptomycin in lungs ... • Secondary to Treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... Ravi Singh @rav7ks ... #ILD #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
recent DAN) • EMG/NCS ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... hematuria, RBC casts ... #management #treatment
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... in fact this is nodular ... interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
avium complex • Nodular ... /Masses: M.tuberculosis ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... #differential #diagnosis ... #chestCT #radiology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... acidosis: - CNS ... GBS, Myasthenia gravis ... or restrictive lung
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... infections • Nodular ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... k_vaishnani and Ravi ... #differential #diagnosis
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
making an accurate diagnosis ... In most cases small ... structures of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT