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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Clinical Presentation ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Clinical Presentation ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... detected on CT or CXR ... the underlying cause ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... westermani • Other: TB ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
on scores and clinical ... features • ... class (30-day all cause ... prognostication #diagnosis ... stratification #criticalcare
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
Trauma to the long ... accounts for —9096 of cases ... stabilization of fractures ... onset widespread pulmonary ... FES is a clinical
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... chronic illness, clinical ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... anterior/posterior MSK