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Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Disease Initial ... disease (COPD) ... volume in the first second ... of expiration; ICS ... #Algorithm #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... Inhalation of spores ... 40% Invasive Disease ... #Diagnosis #Management
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
by plant roots, is ... a hot spot for ... approximately 50%), stiff neck ... fatal) sudden second ... disease • Aspergillus
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... crescentic GN by Nick ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Valvular heart disease ... Congenital heart disease ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... remains unknown • Final ... #cardiology #treatment
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
periods after rain/storms ... Diagnosis • Management ... - Mild pulmonary ... disease: no treatment ... #summary #fungal
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... : • Pulmonary ... • Skin (18%): Second ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Headache x1 mo, +neck ... of prior silent pulmonary ... Standard treatment ... If a second LP is ... University Infectious Diseases