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IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
IgG4-Related Disease ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... hypergammaglobulinemia, ↑ acute ... #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... : • CBC - Leukocytosis ... anemia • Sputum/Blood ... seen • Chest CT
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... Tests Stool/blood-based ... mortality 26% • CT ... #Tests #comparison ... #table #management
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... Tests Stool/blood-based ... mortality 26% • CT ... Indications #Tests #comparison ... #table #management
Using Stroke Windows for Detecting Ischemia on Head CT
When evaluating a CT head for possible stroke,
difference in this acute ... differing attenuation (blood ... /lung vs soft tissue ... Radiology #CTHead #diagnosis ... #comparison
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... sparing of the lung ... seen on chest CT ... reveals increasing blood ... #management #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... absence of intrinsic lung ... Non-invasive initial screening ... passage • Arterial blood ... on radioactive lung
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... , Pancreas, Gastric ... Microbiology: Blood ... Culture (+): Acute ... #management #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... pressure: systolic blood ... HFrEF may lack lung ... coronary artery disease ... #management #cardiology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... CXR +/- High res CT ... /diff, Blood and ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis