Recurrent or Persistent Pneumonia

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Approach to recurrent pneumonia • Widespread disease – immune compromised group • acquired (AIDS & NAIDS) • congenital immunodeficiency syndromes – non-immune compromised group • aspiration syndromes • abnormal cough mechanism • abnormal mucus clearance • “fragile lung” after insult
• Narrowed airway Anatomic localized illness – Extrinsic compression • Lymph nodes – TB, Lymphoma, Neoplasm • Vascular ring – Bronchial wall • bronchomalasia, web, stricture – Endobronchial pathology – Endobronchial pathology(continued) • foreign body, TB granuloma, neoplasm • Congenital lung lesions – Bronchogenic cyst – Congenital lobar emphysema – Lung sequestration • Focal bronchiectasis
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Page 11 and 12: • History Clinical Picture - Repe
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