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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV ... /AIDS Patients ... edema; ARDS, Metastatic ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... #diagnosis #chestCT
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... involvement, with “white lung ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CXR #ChestXRay #ARDS
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome – ARDS ... : Clinical Cheat ... sepsis-associated ARDS ... days after dx of ARDS ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome #ARDS
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Fungal • HIV ... /AIDS Hemorrhagic ... Thrombophilia • Critical ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... week of a known clinical ... lobar collapse, lung ... severity of the ARDS ... >= 5cm H2O #ARDS
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... bronchi, trachea, or lungs ... #AIDS #Defining ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis ... #List #Differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... failure, COPD, Lung ... CXR +/- High res CT ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Differential Bilat ... : Pulmonary edema ... , ARDS, interstitial ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #POCUS #clinical
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... transfusion • Criteria: ARDS ... other cause of ARDS ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... #diagnosis #comparison
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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Paving on Chest CT ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical