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Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... : Most Common: ... most commonly infected ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... : • PVL virulence
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... infection • Most ... cause: Aspiration pneumonia ... for Klebsiella pneumonia ... Clindamycin in case of PCN
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
ligamentous injury (LCL ... > MCL), brachial ... fracture • ED Management ... Splint: Posterior long ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... with decreased lung ... be performed in most ... oxygenation in pneumonia
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... (suppurative); Most ... United States • Pneumonic ... organism into the lungs ... Culture & GS, PCR
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
community-onset pneumonia ... Shock Structural lung ... for >7 days in past ... Community #Acquired #Pneumonia ... Antibiotics #Coverage #Management
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
EM #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #Sagittal ... #Pneumonia #ALiEM
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Diagnosis and Management ... Epidemiology: Most ... Flatulence, Fatigue, Abdominal ... relevance of +PCR ... cayetanensis #diagnosis #management
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
extend thumb] most ... ligamentous injury (LCL ... ) • ED Management ... Splint: Posterior long ... • Nonoperative managernent
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... are mixed GH & PRL ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... MRI+contrast Management ... adjuvant Tx, or post-op