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Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
• Metabolic factors ... These factors contribute ... as metastatic pulmonary ... stress of the pulmonary ... Pulmonary Diseases
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... Disease (COPD) ... symptoms, risk factors ... #Obstructive #Pulmonary ... #Disease #COPD
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
noguchii) Risk Factors ... Presentation: • Mild disease ... Meningitis • Weil's Disease ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... disease ARDS Diagnosis
Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fetal Factors:
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Algorithm Fetal Factors ... 45X Placental Factors ... Rare) Maternal Factors ... Hypoxemia • Pulmonary ... diseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
nodes Risk Factors ... Tumor necrosis factor-α ... Chronic kidney disease ... Progressive lung disease ... • HIV: 2/3 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
nodes Risk Factors ... Tumor necrosis factor-α ... Chronic kidney disease ... Progressive lung disease ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
insoluble globulin - Factor ... depletion of clotting factors ... with autoimmune diseases ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... of associated disease
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
products Risk Factors ... Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Classification grp IV): Pulmonary ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... infiltrates NTM Pulmonary
#BOVA #score #pulmonary #embolism #Risk #factors

Basis underlying Bova score for PE complications/mortality. Factors associated with 30-day
#BOVA #score #pulmonary ... embolism #Risk #factors ... Factors associated ... with 30-day pulmonary ... cardiopulmonary diseases
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Pulmonary Nodule ... Focal pulmonary ... of patient risk factors ... disease and coronary ... artery disease;