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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable ... • Vasculitis (e.g
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Spinal stenosis - Abscess ... - Infection (e.g ... anterior horn gray ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Clinical • Under-recognized ... Planning for delivery mode ... during Delivery • Stable ... support for patients clinically ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... IDSA 2021): • Note ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... dissociation - Of note ... the underlying pathophysiology ... specific therapy, the clinician ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... renal failure Clinical ... of diagnosis (e.g ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... peripheral lymph nodes
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS Echocardiogram

50's male CAP on Day 4 Zpak but worsening-fever, congestion, cough. BP
BP stable. ... ECG Trop I 1.13. ... Note akinesia apical ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #a4c #clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
travel to lymph nodes ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess