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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... • Most common cause ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... disease • Liver ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... Low serum IgG level ... DDX - Other causes
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
Post-Arrest Liver ... Liver laceration ... secondarily to chest ... UAlberta_Sono #Liver ... #POCUS #clinical
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... (elevations of liver ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Disease: • Clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
the setting of liver ... disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... • Underlying liver ... hypertension • Liver
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
the Fingers Clinically ... loss of the normal ... , interstitial lung ... disease and lung ... Seen in liver disease
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
tomography of the chest ... , and multiple liver ... progressive bacterial infection ... caused by actinomyces ... #NEJM #clinical
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
History of EBV infection ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... • Dyspnea • Fever ... Serum Copper • Chest ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... bleeding often from a liver ... Most commonly caused