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False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Point on POCUS ... highlight selected differentials ... False #LungPoint #POCUS ... #clinical #lungcardiac ... #diagnosis #mimics
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... younger pts) Differential ... • Diagnostic Test ... Donath-Landsteiner test ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Better call hematology ... , this list is long ... Best to have an ... #Polycythemia #Differential
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
auricular papules Clinical ... -74%] • Blood tests ... • Anti-TIF1y Abs ... with anti-NXP2 Abs ... Lung Manifestations
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Kansasii: • Mimics ... Hematologic malignancy ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Disease: • Clinical ... NTM #Infections #differential
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... 10 minutes of rest ... on radioactive lung
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound ... will be seen IM POCUS ... #ABCs #Lung #Profiles ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #clinical
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
>90% (In most clinical ... the use of this test ... in BAL does not differentiate ... result in + as long ... after stopping abxs
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
infection (IFI) in hematologic ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... Clav (may be + as long ... after stopping abxs
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... the “Chewing gum test ... day, followed by long ... them, but urgent rheumatology