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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
defect (Type 1) ... anatomic shunt (Type ... 2) Clinical Presentation ... 10 minutes of rest ... scanning or pulmonary
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
: conjunctival suffusion ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... agglutination - test ... #treatment #management
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... - shock->treatments ... tests before beginning ... treatment. ... output - Acute pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
formerly BOOP • Type ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... Rare: pleural effusions ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #ILD #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Related to the type ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... infiltrates, pleural effusions
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... Disease: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... thickening or effusion ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
Type L: - Low ... hypoxemia may be best ... this stage, the pulmonary ... scan, primarily located ... Phenotypes #Variations #Diagnosis
Erythema Nodosum Overview

Definition: 
 • EN is an inflammatory condition characterized by tender, red nodules, typically
nodules, typically located ... the ankles and knees ... Diagnostic Approach ... Tuberculin skin test ... Symptomatic Treatment
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
Langerhans cells, a type ... populations) CLINICAL ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... : Blood tests to ... TREATMENT OPTIONS
Celiac disease is an immune-mediated, multisystem disorder that affects genetically susceptible individuals who are exposed to
diseases, including type ... as the elbows, knees ... negative serologic test ... for whom clinical ... is the primary treatment