10 results
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Leptospirosis Pathogen ... non-productive cough, nausea ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... diagnosis #treatment #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... POCUS lung exam ... immunosuppression, travel ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... #clinical #ultrasound
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)

Here's the bedside Echo of an 8-week-old boy who presented to
Total Anomalous ... acute cyanosis and respiratory ... (This causes ↑ strain ... #Return #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #Clinical
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching ... case: you are called ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical ... pulmonary #respiratory
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Algorithm for the Management ... minute), tachypnea (respiratory ... erysipelas with no focus ... or those with clinical ... including those caused
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... for Three Common Causes ... and positive end-expiratory ... pressure (PEEP) for pulmonary ... #Shock #Management
Bibasilar Atelectasis secondary to massive ascites

Finally, large volumes of intra-abdominal fluid can lead to elevated hemi-diaphragms-->bibasilar
under-recognized cause ... of ongoing respiratory ... ascites #collapse #pulmonary ... #lung #clinical ... #pocus #ultrasound
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
disseminated disease • Clinical ... self-limiting respiratory ... When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... Diagnosis • Management ... - Mild pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... presents with acute respiratory ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management