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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
limitation (GOLD Ill ... COPD Assess ... : • Clinical examination ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... , Exacerbation risk ... (ABCD) - Assess ... #diagnosis #management ... #GOLD2022 #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • DM risk ... Pneumonitis 3. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... #pulmonary #differential
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
kirschneri, noguchii) Risk ... Presentation: • Mild ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... #treatment #management
Spinal Epidural Abscess Overview

Infection in the epidural space - often caused by bacteremia or direct spread
Spinal Epidural Abscess ... lead to permanent neurologic ... deficit Clinical ... Features, Risk ... and Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Encapsulated yeast • At risk ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... immunocompromised, IBD ... ) • ↑Risk: clindamycin ... Lowest Risk: Tetracyclines ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess
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 ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Inhibitor: • Risk
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... Food products Risk ... Disease: Clinical ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Lung Disease: • Clinical