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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... • Bronchiectasis ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Bronchitis • Bronchiectasis ... Parenchyma: • Infection ... westermani, PNA, Lung ... , Idiopathic pulmonary ... #causes
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Heart failure, Bronchiectasis ... aspiration, Parasitic infection ... Ascaris), Churg-Strauss ... syndrome, Allergic ... #pulmonary
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... Lung Disease. ... granulomatosis - Churg-Strauss ... syndrome - Giant ... cell arteritis Infectious
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
the peripheral lung ... The most common cause ... is prior infection ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Bronchiectasis
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... (daptomycin in lungs ... • Secondary to Treatment ... thrombophlebitis), HAP, Blood stream
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
GAS in 30% of cases ... kidneys, liver, lung ... Treatment Strategy ... day 2 + 3 BIDMC Infectious ... #STSS #treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Aeruginosa - Strep ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes