25 results
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... of starting OI treatment ... Infections #management #infectiousdiseases
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... indicate preferred treatment ... the perceived level ... #Management #Pulmonary
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
, Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... Glucose, Salicylate level ... Toxic Salicylate Level ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... 6 months after pulmonary ... Bypass Other Treatment ... dyspnea, pro-BNP levels
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
run-down or tired • Fevers ... stigmata of cor pulmonale ... presence of air-fluid levels ... • Pulmonary artery ... mycobacteria Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... diseases with pulmonary ... Although pulmonary ... • BAL reveals ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
CBC, vitamin D level ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
decubitus - air fluid level ... Intervention: - Fevers ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... several months of treatment ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
and/or digoxin level ... in cardiogenic pulmonary ... ventricular failure or pulmonary ... hypoperfusion, no pulmonary ... Revascularization, treatment
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #fungal #infectiousdiseases