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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... Maternal Support - Critical ... #pathophysiology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
(MS), Epidural abscess ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Diagnosis and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... deformity" - Assess ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... & Specificity Assess ... #Stewardship #ultrasound ... #management #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Metastatic disease and tumor ... annular or aortic abscess ... Complications: Abscess ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... using ultrasound ... Plan definitive management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... pancreatic islet cell tumor ... Differential Diagnosis
Pott’s Puffy Tumor on POCUS

80 yo w/ chronic sinusitis and chronic headache presents w/ forehead swelling.

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Pott’s Puffy Tumor ... - Yale EM Ultrasound ... #Potts #Puffy #Tumor ... #POCUS #Scalp #Abscess ... #Clinical #Ultrasound
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Spinal stenosis - Abscess ... - Tumor - Herniated ... - Syrinx - Tumor ... Intramedullary tumor ... syndromes #lesions #differential