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let us talk about cough
causes -sinusitis and post nasal drip/urti/ reflux/ viral and bacterial infection of upper tract/ bronchitis acute chronic acute on chronic/ copd --bronchitis emphysema restrictive lung disease asthma pnemonia bronchiolitis bronchictasis bronchiolitis obliterans bronchogenic carcinma gforeign body obstruction / pressure to nerve by vessels / pulmonary embolism acute cough
drugs-- addiction to cough medicines /ace inhibitors
inv cxray sinuses egd barium swallow sptum for afb ppd placement abg pulse oximetry
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let us talk about fever
detail history and exam
acute chronic
rti urti bronchitis pnemonia bronciecatsis low grade fever with loss of weight and loss of appetite/ bronchogenic cancer/lung abses with constitutional disturbace and faliure to thrive fever with chill and rigor with a history of aspiratuion in an alcoholic/cyst -- obstructive pnemonia
histoplasmosis coccididochmycosis aspergillosis pulmonary tb atypical pnemonia pleural effusions
postoperative atelextasis rib fracture
gi -- cholecystiisis cholangitis
pancreatic abscess infected psedocyst liver abscess diveticulitis appendicitis whipple's disease abdominal tb/ spontaneuous bacterial peritonitis perfoarted du and visera strangulated visecera
typhoid salmonell shigella campylobacter esceherichia coli actinomycis psedotuberculosis / ulcerative colitis/ oppourtinstic infection
renal - pyelonephritis glomerulonephritis malignancy hypernephroma sle perinephric abscess cystitis
psosa s absess
genitourinary-- pid fallopian tubal absescss salpingooophritis batholin cyst abscess gonococcal
cardiac-- bacterial endocarditis fungal marantic
pericarditis
constrictive tuber cular pericarditis
brain --abscess and malignancy -- bactwerial fungal opportunistic infection
absess anywhere
factious fever
drug fevr anesthesia fever malignant hyperthermia
psychiatric drug --serotinn syndrome
vascualr vasculitis pan sle
rhematic fever and rhematoid arthritis
endocrine --thyroid crisis thyroiditis
investigationas
c/s pan culture blood cs x 3
urinalysis urine c/s
cxr
culture of artocentesis fliuid culture after lumbar puncture
cbc cmp
ct mri
usg cholagiography
ct abdomen and pelvis po and iv contrast ercp usg laproscopy
bleeding scan
stool for ova paracyte cyst leucocyte and different organism
stool for clostrodium toxicity
aspiration of cyst absecss and examination
bone marrow biopsy
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d/d of chest pain
embolism /pnemonia pnemothorax
mi cardiac tamponade aortic dissection/anemia/ heart failure
myocarditis /pericarditis/cocaine /costochondritis and musculoskeletal pain
gerd /esophageal rupture gastritis
psychogenic panic/conversion/malingering
investigation-of chest pain --ekg echo chest xray/ct/cbc cmp/calcium ace sometimes
sputum c/s sometimes/gram stain
endoscopy /bronchoscopy
if ca suspected -- bronchoscopy / biopsy /mediastinoscopy/ lymph node biopsy
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chest pain with cough
bronchitis
copd
pleuritis pleural effusion
bronchogenic ca
pnemonia pnemothorax pulmonary embolism
chf with angina or mi
pericarditis myocarditis
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dont forget tb -in nursing home gys/traveller;s /sick contact history
actually causes of cough is bb cc /
bronchitis brincieactasis bronchogenic ca
chronic bronchitis
congestive heart failure
dont forget sinusitis for chronic nagging cough
dont forget hiv -- pnumocystic carinii
dont forget cystic fibrosis
dont foeget aspiration asthma allergy
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please forward it after you read so that it comes to front for me easier to pick next day
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CARCINOMA
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