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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... is interstitial pneumonia ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia ... This was a PCP-infection ... #Clinical #Radiology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... steroids to treat infectious ... Community Acquired Pneumonia ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Opacities: • Infectious ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #differential # ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... respond to the treatment ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Diffuse #Multifocal #Differential
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... Bronchiolitis - Pneumonia ... wheezing - with viral infections ... respiratory infection ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... will limit the differential ... post-obstructive pneumonia ... - Chronic post-infection ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
CT Patterns - Differential ... Edema, Hemorrhage, Pneumonia ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia ... #CT #Patterns #Differential ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Bacterial Enteric Infections ... against Pneumocystis pneumonia ... Clostridium difficile Infection ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... opportunistic #infections
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Pyogenic bacterial pneumonia ... cancer, Organizing pneumonia ... tuberculosis Infectious ... pulmonary #diseases #differential ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
production of pro-inflammatory ... accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... Unknown cause Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment