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Chest radiography showed perihilar opacities in both lungs with free air in the mediastinum (Panel A,
opacities in both lungs ... opacities in both lungs ... #Clinical #PCC # ... IM #EM #Pneumomediastinum ... #Influenza #NEJM
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
area of the left lung ... The differential diagnosis ... her history of treatment ... #Clinical #PCC # ... CXR #Oleothorax #NEJM
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... #treatment #diagnosis
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Highly variable clinical ... reported (eg AIH-PBC ... Hepatitis (eg Viral) Management ... regarding need for treatment ... #Management #Hepatology
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis and Management 
Uterine Atony (80%) - Most PPH Will respond to
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management ... Hemabate) 250 mcg IM ... hand to gather POC ... unresponsive to usual treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
12.5, WBC 14, Plt ... The table below ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... or PenG 800K U IM ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
and Management ... the duodenum Clinical ... no matter how long ... Management: SURGERY ... - CMC IM Residency
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
restored to esophagus Clinical ... : - Treatment of ... the most common long ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... #management #gastroenterology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... Stable patients ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis