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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... #Disease #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #lesion
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Diseases Fellows ... #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... comorbidities: • CBC ... BNP/NT-proBNP, d-dimer ... ventilated • CXR, Lung
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... • Periodontal disease ... Abscess Pathophysiology ... : • CBC - Leukocytosis
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... workup or TSH level ... if symptoms of infection ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... sparing of the lung
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Arthritis: • Joint ... titers > 1:80 • CBC ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

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

Interestingly,
Hospitalization - Pathophysiology ... from injuries and infections ... 1928, a 32-page long ... phlebotomy/ blood work ... Anemia of renal disease
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
muscle aches, joint ... extrapulmonary disease ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs