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Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Massive Hemoptysis ... Bronchiectasis, Trauma ... Parenchymal: PNA, Abscess ... , TB, Mycetoma, ... #Management #pulmonary
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Diagnosis Framework ... Foreign Bodies • Trauma ... • Infection: TB ... westermani, PNA, Lung ... abscess, Aspergillosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Abscess Diagnosis ... Abscess Management ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #treatment #diagnosis
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Diagnosis Framework ... Infection: Bacterial (TB ... Necrotizing PNA, Abscess ... • Trauma: Postprocedural ... #pulmonary #causes
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... Pleuritic CP • +/- hemoptysis ... Complications: Hemoptysis ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... Pleuritic CP • +/- hemoptysis ... Complications: Hemoptysis ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Dyspnea • Hemoptysis ... • Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... is abnormal in adults ... mycobacteria Treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
IDSA Recommendations ... and molecular diagnostic ... Please refer to the table ... recommendations and to the Adult ... #Treatment #management