Learn the difference between bacterial pneumonia, influenza pneumonia, and covid-19 pneumonia: clinical presentation, typical chest x-ray findings, clinical course, and laboratory abnormalities (leukocytes, CRP). These are the most common types of pneumonia in the influenza season, and we need to tell them apart to decide on treatment.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Patient 1
01:05 COVID-19 pneumonia (clinical course and X-ray)
02:05 Bacterial pneumonia (clinical course and X-ray)
03:30 Leukocytes and CRP
04:40 Pneumonia as a cause of sepsis
06:20 Primary influenza pneumonia and H1N1
09:15 Bacterial complications of influenza and COVID-19

REFERENCES & RECOMMENDED READING:
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