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Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... hypertension; PCH ... ; CLD, chronic lung ... function test. ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... staining, NAA (PCR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
causing back up of blood ... III - Chronic lung ... activity worsens dyspnea ... markedly limited by dyspnea ... Classification #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... anemia • Sputum/Blood ... westermani • Other: TB ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... scan), CBC/diff, Blood ... Fungal, AFB), TB ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... • Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... abnormal in adults • Blood
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
fatigue, pallor, dyspnea ... Immunoglobulin M (IgM) • Blood ... sensitize red blood ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold #
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Algorithm Vascular ... CA, small cell lung ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... intestines, white blood ... #algorithm #hepatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... passage • Arterial blood ... 10 minutes of rest ... management #treatment #hepatology