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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... #Abscess #pulmonary
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
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
area of the left lung ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... pleural space to ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
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
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... assessment - assess ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
Mycoses

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