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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
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... 2021): • Note ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg
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
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 ... risk Chest X-ray
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
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Disseminated
IDSA Recommendations ... disease based on clinical ... please refer to Table ... Note: Active TB ... AviumComplex #MAC #IDSA
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