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Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Appearance of Liver Lesions ... Computed Tomography (CT ... Ultrasound #Contrast #CT ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... ; abdominal CT, ... infusion Adrenal CT ... CT or MRI scan of ... Screening #Workup #table
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
any indwelling line ... Echocardiography (TTE ... TEE) • Chest CT ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Algorithm for the diagnosis and management of iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT). In the absence of
Algorithm for the diagnosis ... iliofemoral DVT (dotted line ... thromboembolic disease, CT ... low-molecular-weight heparin, MR ... #dvt #vte #thromboembolism
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
on CT scans, which ... probability: Serial CT ... probability: PET-CT ... contrast-enhanced CT ... definitive tissue diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
seen • Chest CT ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable ... residual lesion ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Subchondral Insufficiency Fracture
Imaging Findings:
 • Circle demarcating the region of edema within the medial femoral condyle.
Osteonecrosis of the Knee ... favored because lesion ... Differential diagnosis ... Fracture #clinical #mri ... #msk
A possible diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy (equipose)

Given the variability in guidelines and equipoise
A possible diagnostic ... algorithm for pulmonary ... preferred front-line ... scanning versus CT-PA ... PulmonaryEmbolism #VTE
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... b) CHF c) CVA ... days before Pulmonary ... • <3mo since VTE ... stratification #diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nodular or cavitary lesions ... abscessus • Line ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Imaging, high res CT ... #differential #diagnosis