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Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... - Physiologic: ARDS ... Embolism, Emphysema, Positive ... Hypoxemia #hypoxia #Differential
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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autoantibodies: positive ... • Blood smear: Differential ... → schizocytes, Positive ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Neurologic Anomaly • Pulmonary ... Death Syndrome (SIDS ... Prone Sleeping position ... Infancy #Infant #Differential
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS ... inclusions or positive ... of blindness in AIDS ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... Syndromes and Mimics - Differential ... Disease - Double Positive ... aureus infection, ARDS ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Idiopathic JAK-2 Positive ... Cyanosis without Pulmonary ... Apnea • Chronic Pulmonary ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... syndrome due to HIV #AIDS ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... Diagnosis #List #Differential
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
patient has a positive ... immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... • The positive ... used to exclude pulmonary ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
transfusion • Criteria: ARDS ... other cause of ARDS ... heart failure, positive ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
Filamentous gram-positive ... involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... Nocardia #diagnosis #management ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases