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Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
and Management ... adrenoleukodystrophy, check point ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... Insufficiency: Long-term ... diseases, check point
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... are not caused ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... #Management #Signs
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
or serologies + symptoms ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... hematuria, RBC casts ... #management #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... on radioactive lung ... resolution of symptoms
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
muscle aches, joint ... change in the lungs ... , skin, scalp, vagina ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... #Management #Infections
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... gradually with symptoms ... Improvement in symptoms ... #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
over-vigorous attempts at lung ... Consider other causes ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... cardiac output causes ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... comparison #challenges #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
normal pregnancy symptoms ... events • Key Point ... Rule out other causes ... underdiagnosed due to symptom ... recognition and management
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
Pulmonary Symptoms ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... is crucial in pulmonary ... Histiocytosis #Diagnosis ... #Management