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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... Abscess Differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... - Select Bacteria ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped bacteria ... abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Also known as: Lung ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... : • Chest Xray ... Broncholithiasis #Differential
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
intracellular rod-shaped bacteria ... abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
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In the differential ... diagnosis there ... the surrounding lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Cyst #Emphysema #Comparison
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Spinal stenosis - Abscess ... patients with a long ... anterior horn gray ... syndromes #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
of infection: Lungs ... Gram-positive/-negative bacteria ... CLINICAL RECOGNITION ... CLINICAL FEATURES ... source (e.g., abscess