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Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Overcrowded urban areas ... Presentation: • Mild ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... #treatment #management
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... we describe a chest ... is to describe areas ... Cavity #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... and Management ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... Decreased/absent breath ... #Management #Algorithm
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
involve anterior chest ... • A clinical diagnosis ... radiographs of affected areas ... the collar bone, breast ... #management #Dermatology
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
Cheese Sign on Chest ... distinct radiographic areas ... doi.org/10.1016/j.chest ... Sign #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
restricted to areas ... carcinoma, the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Organizing #Pneumonia #ILD
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... #management #cardiology
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... • Bronchial breath ... Uremia (blood urea ... #Pulmonary #Community
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... advising us to treat ... vessels, or acutely ill ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... advising us to treat ... vessels, or acutely ill ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical