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Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary Causes of ARDS #Diagnosis #EM #PCC #ARDS #Differential #Algorithm #Pulmonary #NonPulmonary #Causes #Ddxof
Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary ... Causes of ARDS #Diagnosis ... #EM #PCC #ARDS ... Differential #Algorithm #Pulmonary
Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs)
 - classified into simple retention cysts, pseudocysts and cystic neoplasms 
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cystic lesions (PCLs ... histological and clinical ... characteristics - various diagnostic ... modalities for PCL ... gastroenterology #diagnosis
Know the waves!  Capnography is useful for more than just tube placement confirmation.

#Diagnosis #PCC #Capnography
#Diagnosis #PCC ... #EndTidalCO2 #pulmonary
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... congenital heart disease ... hypertension; PCH ... veno-occlusive disease ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
Consensus diagnostic ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... disease; CT=computed ... limit of normal #Diagnosis ... #PCC #IM #ACOS
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
• CD4 < 200: PCP ... Fungal, AFB), TB PCR ... sputum, PCP DFA ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment ... • Invasive pulmonary ... eye Infectious Diseases ... Aspergillosis #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
+/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... • Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... Treatment: • ... #management #treatment