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IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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Aspergillosis Treatment • Invasive ... pulmonary aspergillosis ... Cardiac Aspergillus infection ... @ID_fellows #Invasive ... Aspergillosis #Treatment #management
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway Algorithm ... anesthesia • Non-invasive ... technique vs. invasive ... intubation • Video-assisted ... Difficult #airway #algorithm
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Diagnosis and Management ... presentations: • Pulmonary ... Rhinosinusitis, CNS infection ... , Disseminated infection ... IA #Diagnosis #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Skin exam for infection ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... days before Pulmonary ... medical and surgical management
Gold Eyelid Implant Extrusion on Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Extrusion of a gold implant for the management
implant for the management ... history of trauma or infection ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... ophthalmology #SlitLamp
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... Ampho resistant) Invasive ... : • Pulmonary ( ... of 30% to 40% Invasive ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... (IPC)–related infection ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Malignant #Management ... #Pleural #Pulmonary
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
material) > local invasion ... manifestations of Fusarium infection ... Refractory FUO, Sino-pulmonary ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
3 PHASES: - Invasion ... - Migration to Pulmonary ... shortness of breath, pulmonary ... several weeks after infection ... Stercoralis #diagnosis #management