13 results
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
, Pneumonitis, ACEi ... Bronchiectasis Other organ/systemic ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Malignancy: Lung ... Acute #Chronic #Differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Pneumonitis 3. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Differential
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... metastatic disease Systemic ... Manifestations: • Infection ... : Epidural abscess ... #primarycare #table
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... intersitial space Infection ... Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... #Diseases #ILD
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... #Eosinophilic #Lung ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... - M. abscessus ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Disease: • Clinical ... #differential #
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... rash) • Heart, lung ... SLE], AOSD) • Infection ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
(cutaneous or systemic ... cancers, including lung ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential # ... diagnosis #dermatology
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
virulent pyogenic infections ... an abscess may ... the consolidated lung ... No micro-organism ... #Clinical #Radiology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... ) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... • Acute lupus pneumonitis