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Calcifications Around the Heart on Chest XRay
Case #1: This appearance is typical of pericardial calcification &
Case #2: The "tubular ... Case #3: This is ... myocardium from an old ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • DM risk ... Inoculum 2. ... Pneumonitis 3. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... duration: - 3
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
the paradoxical rise ... #PhysicalExam # ... Video #Clinical ... #Neck #JVP #Jugular ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : elevated jugular ... of CXR congestion ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
2. ... Assess functional ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Acute Diarrhea (>3 ... ) • ↑Risk: clindamycin ... • Flex-Sig: If ... - consider if 2
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
lymph nodes Risk ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... TB #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
lymph nodes Risk ... emboli • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
other causes* 2. ... Pulmonary embolus 3. ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... #cardiology #treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
• Cytopenia: 2% ... salivary ducts Clinical ... • Interstitial Pneumonitis ... biliary cirrhosis: 3% ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management