StatPearls 1 Flashcards
organism causing HP after exposure to hay
Actinomyces
organism causing HP after exposure to woodworking
Penicillium chrysogenum
Lung biopsy shows hemosiderin-laden macrophages in the alveoli, without evidence of vasculitis, capillaritis, infection, granulomas, or deposition of immunoglobulins in any specific pattern.
idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Initial Tx for idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
steroids
lung cancer most likely to present as a large, central mass without distant metastases.
SCC
Administration of sildenafil for PH prior to this surgery improves outcomes
mitral valve replacement
Class of drugs that improves mortality in PH
prostacyclin
lypmhadenopathy, ulcers, hepatosplenomegaly, and aplastic anemia in a person w/ travel Hx
paracoccidoidomycosis
Meningitis in immunocompromised causing “soap bubble” lesions
cryptococcus
Tx for CTEPH in critically ill pts
IV epoprostanol