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Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Tuberculosis - Lung Abscess ... #Cough #Hemoptysis ... #Differential # ... Causes #Table
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Hemoptysis - Differential ... • Infection: TB ... westermani, PNA, Lung abscess ... Cocaine Cardiac/Vascular ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Massive Hemoptysis ... Parenchymal: PNA, Abscess ... , TB, Mycetoma, ... Pneumonitis • Primary Vascular ... : Pulmonary Embolism
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Hemoptysis - Differential ... Infection: Bacterial (TB ... Necrotizing PNA, Abscess ... Heart failure Vascular ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... dyspnea, productive cough ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
, SOB, hemoptysis ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison ... #table #eosinophilia
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... emboli • Lung abscess ... • Productive cough ... malignancy, and chronic ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... emboli • Lung abscess ... • Productive cough ... malignancy, and chronic ... #Diagnosis #Management
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... infiltrates, mimicking TB ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
cough • Hypoxia ... • Dyspnea • Hemoptysis ... • Infection: TB ... #differential # ... diagnosis