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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
dentition presents to ... already seen her PCP ... consistent w/ lung ... abscess #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
intervals deep to ... the near field #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
located cephalad to ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
located cephalad to ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
area of the left lung ... her history of treatment ... pleural space to ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.  More likely
Patient with active ... More likely to see ... frequently have lung ... emboli (see CT cor ... Echocardiogram #clinical
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
infections an abscess ... the consolidated lung ... one month after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #