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Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Table 3. ... Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Options for Clinically ... Antipseudomonal/Gram-Negative ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... once stable - ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Anemia (AIHA) - Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... AIHA (7-8%) DAT-negative ... #Anemia #AIHA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Table
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Antibiotic Management ... Hemodynamically stable ... Hernodynamically stable ... after treatment ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis
Characteristics of Selected Pneumonias

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). Gram-positive diplococci. 
Haemophilus influenzae. Pleomorphic gram-negative coccobacilli. 
Staphylococcus aureus. Plump
Plump gram-negative ... Gram-negative rods ... Pneumonia #Patterns #Diagnosis ... #Comparison #Table ... #Presentation #Pulmonary
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... : • Empiric antibiotics ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
of Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... Dissection • Pulmonary ... #Chest #Pain #differential ... #diagnosis #table
Causes of Pleural Effusions
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #PleuralEffusions #Differential #Table #Transudative #Exudative
Pleural Effusions #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #PleuralEffusions ... #Differential # ... Table #Transudative
Clues to Differential Diagnosis of Central Cyanosis: Onset of cyanosis, Clubbing, Secondary erythrocytosis, Auscultation, X-ray, Echocardiography,
Clues to Differential ... Diagnosis of Central ... diseases - Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Central ... Cardiology #Causes #Table
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Normal or negative ... #edema #NCPE #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology