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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Left Shunt - Anatomic ... , Interstitial Lung ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
- Bilateral A-lines ... severity Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... - Bilateral A-lines ... #differential #diagnosis
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
, pulmonary congestion ... disease, idiopathic pulmonary ... due to alveolar syndrome ... fibrotic alveolar syndrome ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
CT • Distinct pulmonary ... vessel leading into a ... lung nodule or mass ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome ... known clinical insult ... consistent with pulmonary ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
patient with a diagnosis ... observe how the respiratory ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #breathing ... #respiratory #pulmonary
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
surrounded by a ... sarcoidosis, mets to the lung ... Halo #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... <300mmHg with a ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old boy presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of
otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic ... see source for video ... and lower left lung ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #chest