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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Pleuritic chest pain ... stable residual lesion ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... - Rapid saline infusion ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... or restrictive lung ... Base #Gas #VBG #differential
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Pulmonary teaching case ... Fusobacterium Treatment ... surgery is required ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #PhysicalExam ... video #pulmonary #respiratory
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
nutrients • TPN for treatment ... bloating, abd pain ... Gastric bypass causes ... excluded limb • Treatment ... gastroenterology #diagnosis #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... weight • Chest pain ... in the adjacent lung ... mycobacteria Treatment ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
Treatments are aimed ... The cause of this ... Differentials for ... ophthalmology #physicalexam ... #Respiratory #Variation
#Cobb #Cob #angle 
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public
define a definite cause ... to prevent long-term ... #back #pain and ... bracing and #spinal #fusion ... #surgery being
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public education, early detection
define a definite cause ... to prevent long-term ... #back #pain and ... bracing and #spinal #fusion ... #surgery being
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
to days after surgery ... starting amiodarone treatment ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... Pleuritic chest pain ... macrophages Treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA