Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Esophageal Crohn's Disease Management Algorithm

Assess for Active Symptoms and for Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease
Stricturing DX:
 β€’ Bx r/o
Esophageal Crohn's Disease ... Management Algorithm ... Fistulizing DX: β€’ Chest ... #Management #Algorithm ... #treatment #IBD
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
in the former case ... collagen vascular disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
dissection is caused ... /abd/back pain that ... β€’ Aortic valve disease ... deficit β€’ Shock Treatment ... Dissection #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 β€’ Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Valvular heart disease ... Congenital heart disease ... Avoid ARBs β€’ ICD ... #cardiology #treatment
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
idiopathic lung disease ... progression of disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... #RadiologyAssistant
In the images on your left you can appreciate again the spectrum of findings seen in
connective tissue disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function β‰₯ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management ... Algorithm Assess ... exclude other causes ... infection with chest ... - Concomitant diseases
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Histoplasma Capsulatum Infections in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
 β€’
Severe Disseminated Disease ... for 3 days, then BID ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic ... #infections #HIVAIDS
On the left a patient with GGO as dominant pattern.
In addition there is traction bronchiectasis indicating
collagen vascular diseases ... patients respond to treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #NSIP ... GroundGlass #GGO #RadiologyAssistant