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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... sweats, weight loss ... meropenem) #Lung ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
correlation in normal lung ... , pulmonary congestion ... disease, idiopathic pulmonary ... bronchiectasis due to pulmonary ... volume loss; (F
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... +systemic: wt loss ... +systemic: wt loss ... #Eosinophilic #Lung ... #Diseases #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... disease, volume loss ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... sweats, weight loss ... Fever and weight loss
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Muscular Weakness, Loss ... Intracardiac, Pulmonary ... V/Q Mismatch: Pulmonary ... Embolism, Obstructive Lung ... , Interstitial Lung
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Fever, weight loss ... breathe, Weight loss ... (Fever, weight loss ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Clubbing of nails • Loss ... Wasting and weight loss ... in the adjacent lung ... attenuation • Volume loss ... of the affected lung
The pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 1 – In an initiating phase, there is lung alveolar
of idiopathic pulmonary ... phase, there is lung ... epithelial damage with loss ... of the normal lung ... Fibrosis #Idiopathic #Pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Lung ... • Necrosis of lung ... unexplained weight loss ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis (PPFE) on Chest CT
47 M with idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. Typical imaging findings:
- Upper lobe
Upper lobe volume loss ... Rare - GVHD, lung ... radiology #clinical #pulmonary