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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... respiratory distress ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Management #Treatment
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse Lung ... granulomatosis - Churg-Strauss ... cell arteritis Infectious ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonology #Differential
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Disease • Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
between acute consolidation ... - Lung neoplasms ... - Chronic post-infection ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Acute
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
medications, foods, stress ... cancers, including lung ... children with acute ... after group A Strep ... comparison #table #differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... polymicrobial infection ... Aeruginosa - Strep ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
• ↑ Mechanical stress ... pulmonary edema in acute ... Increased mechanical stress ... #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Pulmonary Edema - Differential ... respiratory distress ... lung injury (TRALI ... #edema #NCPE #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential ... and paralysis, acute ... severe respiratory distress ... #differential # ... diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Concurrent Brain and Lung Lesions
 • Bacteria: Nocardia spp, Strep anginosus, Staph aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae (hypervirulent),
Concurrent Brain and Lung ... Nocardia spp, Strep ... #Infections #Concurrent ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #causes #infectiousdiseases