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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... anemia • Sputum/Blood ... cultures • CXR ... decubitus - air fluid level
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
or the anterior chest ... onset [33-74%] • Blood ... disease and ILD • Liver ... Liver biopsies show ... anti-NXP2 Abs Lung
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Chronic lung ... disease • Liver ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... DDX - Other causes
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... heart (2-5%), liver
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Imaging: • CXR ... • Pneumonia: blood
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... , CXR, ANCA test ... profile, including liver ... years with neck, chest ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... abscessus • Line ... (elevations of liver ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Related Acute Lung ... eruptions, diarrhea, liver ... Citrate in RBCs binds ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Related Acute Lung ... eruptions, diarrhea, liver ... Citrate in RBCs binds ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
with increased blood ... , interstitial lung ... disease and lung ... Seen in liver disease ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis