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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... 3) Labs show anion-gap ... metabolic acidosis ... , Shock Labs: Anion-Gap ... Metabolic Acidosis
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... most frequently caused ... The other cause ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
accompanied by an anion ... gap acidosis, is ... gap acidosis (pH ... Glucosuria causes ... differential #diagnosis #management
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... In the proper clinical ... include the list of causes ... caused by Streptcoccus ... #Clinical #Radiology
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
consolidation due to a pneumonia ... caused by Sterptococcus ... pneumoniae. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Diagnosis and Management ... acute or chronic Clinical ... Early raised AG acidosis ... • Late: normal anion ... gap acidosis, ↓
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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Abdominal pain, nausea ... and metabolic acidosis ... post-ingestion) - Anion ... gap metabolic acidosis ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of organizing pneumonia ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Clinical manifestations ... COP DDX: • CAP ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
It is caused by ... bacterial/viral/fungal pneumonia ... , congenital causes ... Sign #diagnosis #clinical ... #radiology #ChestCT
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
On the left a case ... chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Eosinophilic #Pneumonia