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Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
Interventional bronchoscopic ... and surgical treatments ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... disease (COPD). ... VolumeReduction #Bullectomy #Algorithm
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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control of the infection ... bronchoscopy ... Endobronchial Infection ... Endobronchial Tumor ... Tracheobronchial Diseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... Immunosuppression • Tumor ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... Immunosuppression • Tumor ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Due to: • Recurrent ... Connective tissue diseases ... , in advanced disease ... obstructive • Bronchoscopy ... mycobacteria Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... by culture or serology ... Diagnosis: • Serology ... 40% Invasive Disease
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... involvement • Bronchoscopy ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
super-antigen mediated disease ... Enhancement - TM and tumor ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
History of EBV infection ... predominant HL - The tumor ... (Inflammatory marker ... number of sites of disease ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... and tumor embolism ... hematuria, + RF Treatment