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Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive airway pressure therapy
   → Positive pharyngeal transmural pressure
Treatment of Obstructive ... increased end-expiratory ... effective at reducing respiratory ... Obstructive #SleepApnea #Treatment ... #management #pulmonary
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
tachypnea with no respiratory ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... Metabolic Acidosis, Respiratory ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Pseudo-hemoptysis = upper respiratory ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #workup #pulmonary
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
2 (or complete respiratory ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
predictive value: RESPIRATORY ... procalcitonin level Treatment ... + macrolide or respiratory ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #Pulmonary #Community
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
 •
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis ... Serology, PCR Treatment ... corticosteroids for respiratory ... @PulmPEEPs #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... Fusobacterium Treatment ... clinical #video #pulmonary ... #respiratory
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... solitary and multiple pulmonary ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... pneumonia - Pulmonary ... macrophages Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute respiratory ... host): • Chronic pulmonary ... spores into the respiratory ... Begins in the respiratory ... β-D-glucan assay • Respiratory
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
self-limiting respiratory ... When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... Management - Mild pulmonary ... disease: no treatment ... nodule/cavity: no treatment