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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... leading to increased pulmonary ... detected on CT or CXR ... the underlying cause ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
exsudate due to infection ... capillary leak like in ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Alveolar #Pulmonary ... #Edema #AlveolarEdema
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
mycobacteria which can cause ... pulmonary disease ... upper lobes due to infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
looking at the lateral ... anteriorly in the left lung ... to a pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
When you scroll
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... #AlveolarEdema ... #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
This was a PCP-infection ... manifestation of AIDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial ... Pneumonia #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... involvement, with “white lung ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
the chest the lung ... This causes a density ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant