March 2013 Arizona thoracic society notes

• Main Author: Robbins RA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2013-03-01
• Series: Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
• Subjects: anaerobic infection; lung abscess; metastatic transitional cell cancer; manubrium; adult respiratory distress syndrome; Pseudomonas pneumonia; empyema
• Online Access: http://www.swjpcc.com/arizona-ats-notes/2013/3/21/march-2013-arizona-thoracic-society-notes.html

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. A dinner meeting was held on Wednesday, 3/20/2013 at Scottsdale Shea beginning at 6:30 PM. There were 14 in attendance representing the pulmonary, critical care, sleep, infectious disease, nursing, and radiology communities.Copies of the book “Breathing in America: Diseases, Progress, and Hope” were distributed.Three cases were presented:1.Tim Kuberski, infectious diseases from Maricopa, presented a 49 year old woman with a history of alcoholism who presented with RML pneumonia. Despite azithromycin and cephtriaxone she developed progressive respiratory failure and a right pleural effusion. A right chest tube was placed. Cultures of blood and the pleural fluid were negative. She was suspected of having an anaerobic infection. Follow-up CT scan showed abscess formation in her RML with areas of dense consolidation on the left and a left pleural effusion. Discussion focused on whether RML resection should be performed. Most favored a surgical approach. 2.Andrew Goldstein, thoracic surgery, presented a …