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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Syndromes and Mimics ... hemorrhage + rapidly progressive ... Inflammatory Myositis MIMICS ... aureus infection, ARDS ... Renal #Syndromes #Mimics
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
, Cryptococcal pneumonia ... - 20% of pneumonias ... cause rapidly progressive ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
B-Lines in case of Pneumonia ... Progressive URI ... Pulmonary edema, ARDS ... had Mycoplasma pneumonia ... BLines #Bilateral #Pneumonia
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... - Pneumonia, ... recurrent - Progressive ... syndrome due to HIV #AIDS ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases
Blurry vision in a patient with HIV/AIDS
Anterior Segment:
 • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
 • Keratitis (HSV, Staph,
patient with HIV/AIDS ... >HSV, CMV) • Progressive ... vision #HIVAIDS #InfectiousDiseases
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
Lung sliding & pneumonia ... on POCUS The differential ... consolidation, and/or progression ... #POCUS #clinical ... ultrasound #pulmonary #mimics
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
risk of disease progression ... immunocompromised (e.g., AIDS ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... abnormalities, rapidly progressive ... differential #diagnosis #AIDS ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... be present: • AIDS ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... • JC Virus - Progressive ... Hepatic flare, rapid progression
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial pneumonia ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... and this rapid progression