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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... allopurinol), Infection ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... DAH, rule out infection ... #diagnosis #nephrology
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
Obstructive Lung Disease ... mMRC: modified Medical ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... GOLD2011 #GOLD2017 #History ... #Comparison #Staging
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... - HIV infection ... pulmonary disease ... , Gaucher disease ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Cryptococcal Ag, Urine Histo ... Diseases Fellows ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Clinical triad ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Weakness • Cardio-pulmonary ... disease • Anemia ... • Chronic Infection ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... #Differential #
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 ... procedure: • Median ... Bypass Other Treatment ... have inoperable disease
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... blood retum in serial ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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hematogenous spread of a disease ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Endemic fungi: Histo ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment