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Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... Features • History ... Multilobar infiltrates, Confusion ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) ... Signs/Symptoms: ... • Confusion/disorientation ... radiograph or CT ... #CAP #Diagnosis
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
in alertness, confusion ... • Common clinical ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Acute meningeal signs ... (< 50%) • S. pneumoniae
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... related to the pulmonary ... the chest film (Table ... In daily clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... Features: • Many ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... anterior/posterior MSK ... #Management #Signs
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... Features: HEENT ... Usual interstitial pneumonia ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... phenomenon (16%) MSK
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
TB IRIS which can ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... leukoencephalopathy (PML), Confusion
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... This post will focus ... Pulmonary Contusion