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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Bacterial or viral infection ... Wilson's disease Pulmonary ... Spondyloarthropathies, SLE • Pulmonary ... Cardiomyopathies - Viral infection ... #joint #pain #differential
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... on the cause Infections ... , Takayasu arteritis ... Aortitis #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Differential #
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... - CBC with differential ... Additional tox/infectious ... workup as appropriate ... Evidence of infection
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary ... SCC) - cavitary pulmonary ... - rheumatoid arthritis ... emboli) I: infection ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
- rheumatoid arthritis ... embolus I = infection ... - pulmonary abscess ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Calcium oxalate Infectious ... Arthritis: • ... Acute or chronic infections ... rheumatology #approach #workup ... #differential #
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary ... #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... erythematosus, Rheumatoid arthritis ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection ... Renal #Syndrome #differential
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... for metastatic infection ... (e.g. septic arthritis ... #Endocarditis #checklist