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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
) in HIV-AIDS Patients ... antigenemia test ... Pancreatitis • Pulmonary ... #HIV #AIDS #diagnosis ... #differential #
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... #SOB #Differential ... #Causes
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cervical: EBV, CMV ... , HIV, Toxo, TB, ... Node, Thoracic or Abdominal ... #Causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... factor • May cause ... #AIDS #pulmonary
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... pt with fever/dyspnea ... Differential Bilat ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... NOT definitively diagnose
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... walking uphill - Dyspnea ... at rest will become ... #differential #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Cavitation > 6 cm ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... retinopathy Lab Tests ... Cryoglobulins • HIV
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
to bolus these values ... tests before beginning ... output - Acute pulmonary ... Ethylene glycol - HIV ... #Diagnosis #causes