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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... foreign body, cancer ... • Anaerobic Bacteria ... Abscess Differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Rhombencephalitis BACTERIAL ... - small cell lung ... cancer - lymphoma ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
without contrast material ... Tomography (CT) — Lung ... Cancer Screening ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
to have a "wood-grain ... associated with cancers ... , including lung ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm in Cancer
UOsm ≥ 100 mOsm/kg = Urine is inappropriately concentrated for hypotonic
Hyponatremia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm in Cancer ... and neck tumors, brain ... or lung metastases ... chemotherapy, nausea