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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Leukocytosis, anemia
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... interstitial diffuse infections ... Lung POCUS shows ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #POCUS #clinical
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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Chronic lung ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... autoimmune hemolytic anemia ... DDX - Other causes
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... - Differential Diagnosis ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... factor • May cause ... ), anemia, arthralgia
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings - Infectious ... 85%) - Colicky abdominal ... HenochScholeinPurpura #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... diseases - HIV infection ... Chronic hemolytic anemia ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Causes
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
- Pathophysiology ... from injuries and infections ... the Journal of Clinical ... reasoning during clinical ... #pathophysiology
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... inflammation/ infection ... increase in intra-abdominal ... SUI or UUI not caused ... Symptoms #Urology #Diagnosis
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
, interstitial lung ... disease and lung ... include diabetes, anemia ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Signs