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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... most common) Clinical ... #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... involvement, with “white lung ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... be present on a chest ... , lung collapse, ... or pulmonary nodules ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Hemothorax on Lung POCUS with Spine Sign

GSW to left chest.  Perisplenic window focusing on lower
Hemothorax on Lung ... Diagnosis? ... Labeled Schematic ... #Spine #Sign #clinical ... #ultrasound #Pulmonary
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... treatment for pulmonary ... pleural space to collapse ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Change in clinical ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis