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#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis #Pneumonia #Testing #Tests #Sensitivity #Specificity
#Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #PJP #PCP #Pneumocystis
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
pneumonia: Viral PCP ... This was a PCP-infection ... Interstitial #Pneumonia #PJP
On the left an immunocompromised patient with PCP.
The CT findings are diffuse ground-glass opacification.
The findings are
immunocompromised patient with PCP ... not specific for PCP ... clinical setting PCP ... the most likely diagnosis ... Radiology #CTChest #PJP
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
wedge pressure (PCWP ... – PCWP]/CO) ● ... LVSWI = [MAP – PCWP ... (RVSWI = [mean PAp ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Pressures
Normal: RA 0-8, RV 15-25/0-8, Mean PAP <25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac Index 2.6-4.2
HFrEF,
15-25/0-8, Mean PAP ... <25, PCWP 8-12, ... Hemodynamics #Cardiology #diagnosis
Right Heart Cath - Normal Cardiac Pressures

Right Atrial Pressure (RAP) or Central Venous Pressure (CVP)
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Artery Pressure (PAP ... Wedge Pressure (PCWP ... RHC #cardiology #diagnosis
Common Street Drug Names - Reference sheet

Heroin, 
Oxycodone, 
Mescaline, 
Steroids, 
Cough Medicine, 
Benzodiazepines, 
Inhalants, 
Addeall, 
PCP,
, Addeall, PCP ... Naming #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... ↓ CO, ↑ SVR, ↓ PCWP ... ↓ CO, ↑ SVR, ↑ PCWP ... ↓ CO, ↑ SVR, ↓ PCWP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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• PH (mean PAP ... based on PVR & PCWP ... RAP/PCWP RATIO ... • RA/PCWP>0.54 ... artery #catheter #diagnosis
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
ultrasound for diagnosis ... findings #EBM #Diagnosis ... jirovecii #Pneumonia #PJP