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Light's Criteria for Pleural Effusions

#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Lights #Criteria #Pleural #Effusion #Differential

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Light's Criteria for Pleural ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Lights #Criteria #Pleural ... #Effusion #Differential ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
Pleural Manometry ... Pressures and Pleural ... of re-expansion pulmonary ... Manometry #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary #differential
Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
etiology, narrow the differential ... diagnoses, & design a management ... infectious disease tests ... DharSaty #csf #pleural
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
bronchodilator test ... and sensitivity tests ... summary of the differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Differences #Algorithm #Treatment
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... “escapes” the pleura ... Fusobacterium Treatment ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #pulmonary
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
fraction < 20% Differential ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... : pleural effusion ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
- Malignant pleural ... metastases Treatment ... Changes in Pre-Test ... dyspnea #algorithm #differential
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... pneumonia • Water: pulmonary ... COPD/asthma • Pleural ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
organ system: • Pleura ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Infections Associated with Indwelling Pleural Catheters (IPCs)
Types of Infections:
 - Cellulitis
 - Tunnel Infection
 - Emypema

By
with Indwelling Pleural ... #Indwelling #Pleural ... Infections #diagnosis #management ... #differential # ... pulmonary