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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... comorbidities: • CBC ... respiratory viral pathogen ... diagnosed COPD Assess ... #COPD #AECOPD #Algorithm
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Summary Lung Abscess ... Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... Pathogens: •
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) - Pathophysiology
Risk factors:
 - Low CD4 count
 - Disseminated OI
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Reconstitution Inflammatory ... Syndrome (IRIS) - Pathophysiology ... factors: - Low CD4 ... Restoration of exuberant pathogen-specific ... Syndrome #IRIS #Pathophysiology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory ... with exaggerated inflammatory ... depend on the pathogen ... involved Pathogens ... osteomyelitis, cutaneous abscesses
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
tissues causes an inflammatory ... costaricensis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
fever (FMF) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... Inflammatory markers ... neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory ... not have a known pathogenic ... Serial CBC counts