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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... Acute / Subacute ... : • Acute Infections ... 12 weeks): • Chronic ... #pulmonary #differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Cardiac Disease ... • Chagas disease ... • Acute rheumatic ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
pneumonia • Acute ... • Leptospirosis ... with Relative Bradycardia ... • Malaria • Leptospirosis ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
psittaci/avian, leptospirosis ... yersinia/rats, Q fever ... ) - Returning travelers ... Eosinophilic PNA (acute ... or chronic)
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... DiseasesAcute ... cough, SOB • Chronic ... Fungal, parasites; Travel ... #Diseases #pulmonary
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Diffuse Lung Disease ... • Acute Respiratory ... Syndrome • Chronic ... Lung Infection
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... leaking out of pulmonary ... , Beomycin • Acute ... or Chronic Radiation ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... or chronic illness ... with cough and fever ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Anxiety, pain, fever ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD,
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... respiratory symptoms • Fever ... change in the lungs ... or chronic pulmonary ... nails, bronchi, lungs