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Focused Lung Assessment: Transducer positions for the 8 lung zones #EM #Radiology #PCC #POCUS #Focused #Lung
Focused Lung Assessment ... EM #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Focused ... #Lung #Transducer ... #Positioning #ALiEM
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... : • Aerobic Bacteria ... Abscess Differential ... #differential #
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Pneumonias - Bacterial ... Tuberculosis - Lung ... Abscess - Asthma ... Cancer of the Lung ... Cough #Hemoptysis #Differential
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
immunofluorescence, PCR ... MICRONODULES - Bacterial ... Histoplasma - Bacterial ... Patterns #Pulmonary #Lung ... ComputedTomography #Differential
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential ... Infections: Cerebral abscess ... (bacterial, fungal ... Malignancy: Metastases (lung ... Enhancing #Lesions #Differential
Causes of Neutrophilia - Increased Neutrophils - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infection
 • Bacterial
 • Abscess
 • Viral
Medications
Neutrophils - Differential ... Infection • Bacterial ... • Abscess • ... Lung, Bladder, Colon ... #Neutrophils #Differential
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
toxo IgG • CNS PCR ... lesions • 80% with lung ... Infectious: • Bacterial ... Syphilis • Pyogenic Abscess ... Lesions #Brain #differential
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Hemoptysis - Differential ... • Infection: Bacterial ... Necrotizing PNA, Abscess ... Malignancy: Primary lung ... Postprocedural, Lung
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... failure, COPD, Lung ... and sputum cx (Bacterial ... sputum, PCP DFA ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... infection • Abscess ... Leptospirosis Pel-Ebstein ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung ... Fever #Patterns #Differential