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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... Septic Emboli, Fungal ... Nocardia Chronic (≥ 12 ... #Algorithm #lesion
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
: Asthma, COPD, ... organ/systemic disease ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Atypical Infxn (fungal ... #Differential #Algorithm
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Response Management Algorithm ... Epiglottitis • Vocal cord ... asthma • Pleural disease ... atelectasis • Lung ... fibrosis RR < 12
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... hematogenous spread - Fungal ... myelopathy - Vit B12 ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... differential #algorithm
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
duration is 6 to 12 ... extrapulmonary disease ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs