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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Abscess Diagnosis ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Selected causes of acute respiratory failure in adults. 
 - Airway disorders 
 - Pulmonary edema
Selected causes ... failure in adults ... - Parenchymal lung ... disorders - Chest ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... is abnormal in adults ... mycobacteria Treatment
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
min in normal adults ... including restrictive lung ... disease, pleuritic chest ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... starting amiodarone treatment ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... Exclude other causes ... macrophages Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute respiratory ... aches, joint pain, chest ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... encephalitis, Tumor, Trauma ... Cardiac failure, Pulmonary ... Pneumoconiosis, Bronchitis, Adult ... #causes
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
both children and adults ... • Pulmonary Symptoms ... particularly in adult ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... TREATMENT OPTIONS