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Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
with vascular causes ... findings BPPV • Short-lived ... positional episodes caused ... Long symptom-free ... Vertigo #Algorithm #differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
seen • Chest CT ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential # ... causes #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... seen on chest CT ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
antibodies - MuSK-positive ... More likely to cause ... undergo chest CT ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... D D-lactate (short ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Blood cultures are positive ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... Inhalation of spores ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... infection have positive
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... enhancement on CT ... Demyelinating disease caused ... and <25% culture positive
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... , verrucous) - Lung ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... hematuria, + RF Treatment