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Original and Simplified PESI PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk #score #PE #Table
Simplified PESI PulmonaryEmbolism ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI # ... sPESI #risk #score ... #PE #Table
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
Pulmonary Embolism ... 30d mortality #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • DM risk ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... COPD, asthma, CF, PCP ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... Management #Algorithm #differential
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Stable patients ... days before Pulmonary ... Chest X-ray: ... stratification #diagnosis
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
not specific • Chest ... Vessels Thrombi ... Vessels Thrombi ... Bypass Other Treatment ... pro-BNP levels • Risk
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Attempt if high risk ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... initiation • Differential ... fluid overload, PCC
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... during Delivery • Stable ... management #cardiology #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... aches, joint pain, chest ... Encapsulated yeast • At risk ... transplantation • MCC
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... diagnosis for this ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... #Clinical #PCC #