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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... and Associated ... sliding/barcode sign ... Consolidations - "Shred" sign ... differential #diagnosis #signs
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung
Ground Glass Opacities on Lung CT - Pathophysiology
Ground glass opacity lung is denser (whiter) than normal
CT - Pathophysiology ... glass opacity lung ... physical exam and ... #pulmonary #ChestCT ... #Pathophysiology
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
Who: Patient age and ... When: Duration and ... illness What: Key signs ... lung lesions)? ... febrilepodcast@gmail.com #InfectiousDiseases
Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
fully inflate the lung ... Overcome resistive and ... forces of the lung ... Diagnosis #Balloon #Pathophysiology ... #Pulmonary
Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
involvement of lung ... involvement of lung ... 4 - Fibrosis Pulmonary ... pulmonary hypertension ... Stages #Staging #Signs
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... of diagnosing and ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Active #LatentTB ... #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
BLUE-protocol combines signs ... with lung-rockets ... regardless of size and ... A-profile at one lung ... #Pulmonary #Ultrasound
Spine sign: visualization of the vertebral bodies in the thoracic cavity above the diaphragm indicative of
Spine sign: visualization ... by air in the lung ... , and is cut off ... Pleural #Effusion #Pulmonary ... #Lung #Ultrasound