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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... • Carbapenem (e.g ... meropenem) #Lung #Abscess ... Pulmonary #Clinical #CXR ... #ChestXRay
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
A CXR is done. ... consistent w/ lung abscess ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
vasculature - Egg-on-a-string ... GreatArteries #TGA #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Radiology
Various wide complex tachycardia (WCT) differentiation algorithmic designs and algorithms.
The most commonly utilized approaches to differentiate
approaches to differentiate ... Brugada,2 Vereckei aVR ... Tachycardia #VTach #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... lat decubitus - air ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Vasculitis (e.g
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
structures help in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid ... is his original CXR ... Labeled CXR: ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... ST elevation: Differential ... • Classic EKG ... #differential # ... cardiology
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
empyema - Air-fluid ... • Cavitation, Abscess ... xray #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
Metastasis A – Abscess ... Demyelinating disease (eg ... necrosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... MAGICDR #DRMAGIC #Differential