Chest
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Because chest CT scan has largely supplanted surgical lung biopsy for diagnosing most cases of interstitial lung disease (ILD), tools to standardize CT scan interpretation are urgently needed. ⋯ A DL-based classifier for UIP demonstrated good test performance across a wide range of UIP prevalence and similarly discriminated survival when compared with radiologist-determined UIP. This automated tool could efficiently screen for UIP in patients undergoing chest CT scan and identify a high-risk phenotype among those with known ILD.
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Transient hyperglycemia is seen commonly during TB treatment, yet its association with unfavorable treatment outcomes is unclear. ⋯ Transient hyperglycemia and lack of diabetes treatment was associated with a higher risk of unfavorable treatment outcomes in adults with pulmonary TB.
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A 48-year-old woman presented to the ED with a nonproductive cough, shortness of breath, and stridor. She was otherwise healthy and had never used tobacco. ⋯ She did not display any signs of increased work of breathing at rest. Although auscultation of her thorax indicated good air entry bilaterally without any adventitious sounds, stridor was elicited with forced expiration.