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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... • DM risk factor ... Pathophysiology ... Clindamycin in case of PCN
A good approach when dealing with hypotension at the bedside includes using the following systematic four
Heart Rate 2. ... Vascular Resistance #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Hypotensive
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
Pneumonia Severity ... blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... PneumoniaSeverityIndex #Criteria
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
Pneumonia Severity ... blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... PneumoniaSeverityIndex #Criteria
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
30d mortality #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)  - The PSI was developed from an administrative data set of
Pneumonia Severity ... of populations #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification ... PneumoniaSeverityIndex #Criteria
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... immunocompromised, IBD) • ↑Risk ... Lowest Risk: Tetracyclines ... non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... features developing later ... Dysphagia- increased risk ... : months - Criteria ... #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
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... lymph nodes Risk ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Inhibitor: • Risk ... #Management #Treatment
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
and Management ... tricuspid in IVDU) Risk ... : Duke Criteria ... w/ vegetation/abscess ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM