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Granulomatous Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
OP: organising pneumonia; EGPA: eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; NSG: necrotising
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... hypersensitivity pneumonitis; PLCH ... : pulmonary Langerhans ... #pulmonary #Differential
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Malabsorption - Differential ... Diagnosis Biliary ... Altered length • Short ... Malabsorption #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
Known Cause - Differential ... Diagnosis Exposure ... Pneumonitis • Treatment ... #Diagnosis #interstitial ... #pulmonary
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... histiocytosis (PLCH ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
Pulmonary Arterial ... However, when the diagnosis ... acute valvular disease ... #Diagnosis #PACatheter ... #NormalValues #Differential
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Coronary artery disease ... may not occur Differential ... Diagnosis: • PAC ... more intensive treatment ... #diagnosis #differential
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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deposition disease ... Minimal change disease ... malignancies Treatment ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Differential Diagnosis ... • Cushing's Disease ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... Transplant Chronic Disease ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
nonmotile, non-spore-forming ... Transmission (Zoonotic disease ... due to trauma Diagnosis ... Treatment: • ... #treatment #pulmonary