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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... CT Lung Abscess ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Syndrome of right ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... Disease: Clinical ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Disease: • Clinical
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... not specific • Chest ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... Bypass Other Treatment ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Electrocardiogram, Consider right ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... (Anorexia) • Night ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... cardiac cycles after right ... on radioactive lung ... #treatment #hepatology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... characteristic features Clinical ... (Anorexia) • Night ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... medical and surgical management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... 3) Abdominal, ... aches, joint pain, chest ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management