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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Flags: • Fever, night ... infection) • Weight ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... History of cancer, lung
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
bubble and the lung ... with signs of CHF ... bubble to the lung ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung ... during a period of CHF ... (right). ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung ... From left to right ... Histiocytosis #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... with asthma or CF ... structures in the right ... lung. ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
MRI Brain Sequence Comparison: T1 vs T2 vs FLAIR
T1:
 - CSF is Dark
 - Grey Matter
vs FLAIR T1: - CSF ... is White T2: - CSF ... is Bright - Grey ... Darker Flair: - CSF ... radiology #diagnosis #neurology
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
density in the right ... The right hilus ... this patient had weight ... loss or long standing ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
transbronchial lung ... transbronchial lung ... transbronchial lung ... cHP = chronic hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis; HRCT = high-resolution
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
High Output Heart ... Vasodilation Lung ... cardionerds #High ... #HeartFailure #CHF
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Specific Signs: weight ... gain, lung rales ... HFrEF may lack lung ... 81% for acute HF ... 5 pts w/ acute HF