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Lung Ultrasound: Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema vs ARDS
Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema:
 • Smooth pleural line
 • AIS >
ARDS Cardiogenic Pulmonary ... may be P > A, Normal ... Areas of sparing ... edema #comparison #clinical ... #diagnosis #ultrasound
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... #Management
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Overcrowded urban areas ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... #treatment #management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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and Management ... from TB endemic areas ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... sought to support a diagnosis ... Areas of diagnostic ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... - gastric and breast ... and M panel Management ... levels are within normal ... #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... sx overlap with normal ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Inhalation of conidia → Yeast ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... level • A low or normal ... #Management #Infections
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... w/differential diagnosis ... 50 in GCA, but normal ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... #Management
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
distinct radiographic areas ... of low, normal ... Sign #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical