
Episode 49: Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with Shmuel Shoham
Critical Care Scenarios
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Is There an Infectious Source?
The body is made up of tubes upon tubes, and in those tubes ther fluids that flow. When you have an abnormality in the flow, such as in the respiratory tract, then that sets a person up for infection. Some more advanced diagnostic tests could be helpful. If you can get aa sputem, obviously, that's good. Ther odd things like radio radiographic testing might tell you what to go after. Although there are also swans to look out for if your patient has been colonized with filamentos pong or something similar.
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