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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Middle mediastinal, Posterior ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial effusion ... #Mediastinal #Widening
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... pleural effusion ... pleural catheter (IPC ... #Effusions #MPE ... #Algorithm #Management
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... pleural effusion ... pleural catheter (IPC ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Pleural #Pulmonary
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... needed to exclude effusion ... nasal cannula for dyspnea ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... #Influenza #Checklist
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Facial swelling, dyspnea ... Hypercalcemia of malignancy ... hours-to-days post-infusion ... renal failure, pulmonary ... , SOB, pleural effusions