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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary ... disease and in the absence ... of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
The differential diagnosis ... regardless of position ... #absence #Lung ... pneumonia #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #pulmonary
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... of the steroid treatment ... Biopsies remain positive ... Treatment of GCA ... depending on presence/absence
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
Hepatopulmonary ... Dilated vessels + absent ... presence in the lower lung ... of orthodeoxia CLINICAL ... the left heart TREATMENT
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... infection have positive