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Pulmonary Contusion on Lung POCUS

A 20yo M presents after high speed MVA. BP 140/80, HR 95,
Pulmonary Contusion ... which is the best management ... supportive care Labeled ... #Contusion #Lung ... POCUS #BLines #clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung ... #treatment #hepatology
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Capillary leak syndrome ... Relapsing-remitting course +++ Clinical ... , paresthesia, abdominal ... filling +++ (risk of pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... leukoencephalopathy (PML), Confusion ... Differential #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 ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... medical and surgical management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
contact, farming CLINICAL ... - Migration to Pulmonary ... • IgG ELISA TREATMENT ... HYPERINFECTION SYNDROME ... Stercoralis #diagnosis #management
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... consider intra-abdominal ... Pulmonary Contusion ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung ... #Pulmonary #Contusion
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... 3) Abdominal, ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management