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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... Pleuritic chest pain ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
nociceptors & induces ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung ... disease/pulmonary ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced ... starting amiodarone treatment ... Pleuritic chest pain ... macrophages Treatment ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
hearing loss, saddle ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... hematuria, RBC casts ... #management #treatment
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... pleuritic chest pain ... Breathing In lung ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Hypertension Presence of pulmonary ... other obvious causes ... (chronic lung disease ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... - Mechanism: causes
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... weight • Chest pain ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
sequestration • Saddle ... Mnemonic: • S - Saddle ... - Emergency Causes ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #causes #neurology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... crackles in the right middle ... crackles, chest pain ... #differential #diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Syndrome of right middle ... diarrhea, abdominal pain ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #differential #diagnosis