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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment ... #ActiveTB #LatentTB
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
AECOPD) Obtain workup ... for alternate diagnoses ... (GOLD Ill) or mechanically ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
APVcmv - Adaptive Pressure Ventilation - Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Summary
Most Similar to PRVC - Pressure Regulated
Ventilation - Controlled Mechanical ... pressure is constant Best ... Passive or partially active ... patients - The more work ... Ventilation #management #pulmonary
Work Shifting - Mechanical Ventilation
Why the new term:
Synchrony issues, by definition, have to do with timing.
Mechanical Ventilation ... Pvent and Pmus are active ... #WorkShifting #Mechanical ... Troubleshooting #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #pulmonary
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
• ↑ Mechanical ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... • Increased mechanical ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... & DIAGNOSIS Labs ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... #differential #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Liver function tests ... in cardiogenic pulmonary ... Revascularization, treatment ... present Rx 6 — Mechanical ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... & Dry) is the treatment ... and perhaps even mechanical ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table