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Asthma	and	Status	Asthmaticus
#Pharm #Management #Peds #Asthma #Status #Asthmaticus #Treatment #Options #Table #PEMSource
Asthmaticus #Pharm #Management ... #Peds #Asthma # ... #Asthmaticus #Treatment ... Options #Table #PEMSource
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Infections • Pulmonary ... count <50 • Pulmonary ... of starting OI treatment ... Opportunistic #Infections #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Hypertension Presence of pulmonary ... RVSP) - Estimates pulmonary ... atrial pressure, Pulmonary ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... patient with right ventricular ... failure or pulmonary ... Revascularization, treatment ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... this morphology Treatment ... #treatment #fungal ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... Histoplasmosis Treatment ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Management during ... Management during ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #cardiology #treatment
Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix schenckii - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Sources: 
 • Landscaping, Christmas tree farming, Rose
Diagnosis and Management ... • Pulmonary Sporotrichosis ... schenckii #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
identified (autoimmune, meds ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
The Disease: • Pulmonary ... serum/urine Treatment ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases