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pleural effusion #management #treatment #algorithm #diagnosis
pleural effusion ... #management #treatment
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
of an infected pleural ... effusion where ... “escapes” the pleura ... Fusobacterium Treatment ... effusion (decompression
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
- Malignant pleural ... effusion - Malignant ... pericardial effusion ... metastases Treatment
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
• Pulmonary: pleural ... effusion, infiltrates ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
leakage into the pleural ... space (pleural ... effusion). ... yellow arrows); pleural ... After treatment
Protein Losing Enteropathy
Clinical Presentation:
 • Volume overload: Peripheral edema, pleural effusion or ascites.
 • Gl symptoms
Peripheral edema, pleural ... effusion or ascites ... Primary or secondary Treatment ... 1.5 - 3 g/kg) • Treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment
Light's Criteria for Pleural Effusions

#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Lights #Criteria #Pleural #Effusion #Differential

** GrepMed Recommended Text: Pocket Medicine:
Light's Criteria for Pleural ... Effusions #Diagnosis ... Lights #Criteria #Pleural ... #Effusion #Differential
POCUS appearance of Pleural thickening at right base. (patient was referred as possible pleural effusion, referral
appearance of Pleural ... referred as possible pleural ... effusion, referral ... compared to normal pleura ... #Pleural #Thickening
Pleural Effusion - Workup, Diagnostic Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural #Effusion #Transudative #Exudative #Differential #Algorithm
Pleural Effusion ... #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural ... #Effusion #Transudative