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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Internal Medicine #Respiratory ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... #im #radiology ... #clinical
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Acute Respiratory ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Syncope - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... , defecation) Respiratory ... : • Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
known clinical insult ... consistent with pulmonary ... lung collapse, or pulmonary ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... Left Shunt - Anatomic ... Intracardiac, Pulmonary ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential ... #diagnosis
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
diseases with a ... Respiratory bronchiolitis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... NodularPattern #Differential
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Physical/Labs: • A ... Etiology: • Acute respiratory ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
are dealing with a ... , it is likely a ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... MultipleNodules #Nodules #Differential
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
course of 1 week (a) ... ) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... structures help in the differential ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
Differential diagnosis ... close contact with a ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #RHS ... #Algorithm