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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... westermani • Other: TB ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #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
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... /Other RGM • Cardiac ... Kansasii: • Mimics TB ... Disease: Clinical ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... e.g. incidental CXR ... neuropathy or cardiac
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Echocardiogram ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... Cultures including TB ... Pericardial #Effusion #Cardiac ... #A4C #clinical
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)

Here's the bedside Echo of an 8-week-old boy who presented to
I've labeled the cardiac ... Blood from the Lungs ... (This causes ↑ strain ... #Echocardiogram ... #Clinical #A4C
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
COPD lungs and bad ... chest showed the diagnosis ... Pseudoaneurysm #clinical ... #pocus #echocardiogram ... #s4c
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused