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Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... Etiology: Lung ... apices of the lung ... • ↑ Mechanical stress ... Increased mechanical stress
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Acute, Chronic • Pulmonary ... #differential #pulmonary
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
over areas of stress ... friction rub audible Lungs ... cause interstitial lung ... disease/pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Lung ... • Necrosis of lung ... Aeruginosa - Strep ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... Diagnosis: • Lung ... studies legionella/strep ... eosinophilia pneumonia, Pulmonary ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA (HAPE)
 • High altitude disease that kill most people
 • Incidence: severe
HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY ... 5% but increase lung ... 50 TID: Lowers pulmonary ... to parts of the lung ... may lead to stress
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... organism identified, Strep ... failure, COPD, Lung ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... to determine if stress ... days before Pulmonary ... unless prior heart/lung ... , preoperative stress
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
Stress come into ... Likewise, stress ... stress to another ... Same with lung stress ... stress.
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... ) Cardiogenic Pulmonary ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... sliding Pulmonary ... @Pocus101 #pulmonary