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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... continue antibiotic treatment ... several months of treatment
Alzheimer's Disease - Summary
 • Epidemiology
 • Pathophysiology
 • Risk Factors
 • Presentation
 • Diagnosis
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Alzheimer's Disease ... Epidemiology • Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis • Treatment ... • Clinical Course ... #Alzheimers #Disease
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease ... (MS), Epidural abscess ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... heavy metals), Critical ... dermatomyositis, Thyroid disease
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
Intraabdominal Abscess ... intra-abdominal abscess ... hx of Crohn's disease ... #POCUS #ultrasound ... #clinical #Crohns
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Spectrum of Disease ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... & Specificity Assess ... #Stewardship #ultrasound
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... deformity" - Assess ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
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 ... Immunosuppression • Tumor ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
- M. abscessus ... chelonae • M abscessus ... including therapy with tumor ... : Clinical Manifestations ... : • Clinical (
Pituitary Mass Effects - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Pituitary turnors are almost always a benign
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... • Pituitary turnors ... adenomas that require treatment ... the pituitary tumor ... mnemonic #GLFTAP #pathophysiology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
an autoimmune disease ... Diagnosis: • Based on clinical ... for thymoma, a tumor ... treatment Of ocular ... - Improves clinical