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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Switch to oral antibiotics ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... treatment until ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
A, Parvovirus B19 ... Treponema pallidum • Fungal ... cruzi (Chagas disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Disease (COPD) ... risk in the last 12 ... exacerbations requiring antibiotics ... #diagnosis #management ... #GOLD2022 #treatment
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... Infectious (Variable) - Fungal ... Variable) - NSAIDs, antibiotics ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Simple Virus • Fungal ... , Busulfan • Disease ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... urine #management #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
duration is 6 to 12 ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... 40% Invasive Disease ... endocarditis Local Disease
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome ... • Diagnosis of ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... Diuresis #Nephrology #Pharmacology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
: • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Cryoglobulinemia (4%-12% ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... lubricants • Pharmacologic
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Myeloproliferative Disease ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... isoniazid) • Antibiotics ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... #diagnosis #hematology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... Physical exam • 12 ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... #Palpitations #Cardiology