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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... acute cardiac infarction ... infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Differential
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Treatment • Invasive pulmonary ... Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... • Aspergillus infections ... of eye Infectious ... Aspergillosis #Treatment #management
Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
diagnosis: Scalp infections ... mycobacterial infection ... genitourinary tract, pulmonary ... upper respiratory infection ... mycobacterial infection
McConnell's sign is not specific for acute pulmonary embolism, it can also be seen in right
specific for acute pulmonary ... right ventricular infarction ... wall myocardial infarction ... complicated with RV infarction ... Ivan_Echocardio #Clinical #POCUS
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... infection. ... other site of infection ... Mycobacterium chelonae - Infection ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... Emboli, Fungal Infection ... ): • Chronic Infections ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... B, hepatitis C infection ... hepatitis B and C infection ... Dengue fever, HIV infection ... bacterial skin infection
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Peribronchial pulmonary ... Consolidation (Infection ... , Infarction) ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #pulmonary
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Right Ventricle Infarction ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... Syndromes and Mimics - Differential ... : Hantavirus infection ... Disseminated S. aureus infection ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary