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Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
cysts; smoking history ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
psychopathology, anger ... Managing BPD Clinical ... National Health and Medical ... summarised in Tables ... Effectiveness #Table
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Vasopressors Table ... Blood Pressure, Pulmonary ... - Dopamine, medium ... Pharmacology #Effect #Management ... #Comparison #Inotropes
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
arteriopathy with • Medial ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... procedure: • Median ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Management ... foreign body, cancer ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... decades of life • History ... , cavities • HRCT ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... secretions, altered mental ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #criticalcare #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Medical history ... Change in clinical ... the type of and indication ... unless prior heart/lung ... and surgical management
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
Family History ... colon #Screening #Indications ... #Tests #comparison ... #table #management ... #CRC #Testing #Indications
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
starts with a good history ... fatigue, altered mental ... with presence of pulmonary ... differential #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table