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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... air in seated position ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... Differential Diaqnoses ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... • Ocular: uveitis ... #management #treatment
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... provide oxygen and positive ... pressure (PEEP) for pulmonary ... • Begin PRBC ... #Shock #Management
Periorbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Dacryoadenitis: infection of the lacrimal glands
b. Conjunctivitis: inflammation of the
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Chalazion: a benign ... normal: - extra-ocular ... movements and globe position ... ophthalmology #diagnosis
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
patient with a diagnosis ... in the supine position ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #breathing ... #respiratory #pulmonary
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
into a supine position ... Maneuver #BPPV #Benign ... #instructions #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #management
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... Persistent fever, positive ... Internet Book of Critical ... #criticalcare #diagnosis ... #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... ulceration • Ocular ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Skin lesions • Positive ... #management #signs
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
Filamentous gram-positive ... anaerobic conditions Clinical ... involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... Nocardiosis #Nocardia #diagnosis ... #management #microbiology
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Chest POCUS Pulmonary ... POCUS - What’s the diagnosis ... With expiration, positive ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical ... #video #POCUS #