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Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
valleys and the Great ... inoculation • Clinical ... small pleural effusions ... • Management ... disease - Mild
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Overcrowded urban areas ... Presentation: • Mild ... : conjunctival suffusion ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... #treatment #management
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
restricted to areas ... small pleural effusions ... carcinoma, the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Organizing #Pneumonia #ILD
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
advising us to treat ... time for coronary perfusion ... vessels, or acutely ill ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
advising us to treat ... vessels, or acutely ill ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #clinica ... l#foamed #algorithm
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
The histologic pattern ... There are areas ... and extensive areas ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... This post will focus ... chest radiograph pattern ... #Radiology #CTChest