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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Exudative Pleural Effusion ... #Respiratory #PleuralEffusion ... Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Effusion ... pulmonary #im #radiology
Postoperative Hemorrhagic Pericardial effusion with Left Ventricular Compression and Tamponade

- Reza Karimianpour, D.O. https://twitter.com/officialdrk12

#Postoperative #Pericardial #Effusion
Hemorrhagic Pericardial effusion ... Left Ventricular Compression ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #LVCompression ... Echocardiogram #Clinical #Cardiology
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Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
Pleural effusion ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #Pleural #Effusion ... #PleuralEffusion ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
with Pericardial Effusion ... sided pericardial effusion ... with significant compression ... #pericardial #effusion ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound #Cardiology
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POCUS Pleural Effusion #Clinical #EM #PCC #Radiology #POCUS #PleuralEffusion #Pleural #Effusion
POCUS Pleural Effusion ... Clinical #EM #PCC #Radiology ... #POCUS #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion
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On a lateral image of CXR effusion of > 75 ml could be visible- where there
lateral image of CXR effusion ... doc #Hidden #PleuralEffusion ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Radiology
Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
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#Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #CXR #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion ... Volume #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... A subpulmonic effusion ... might get the impression ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
to pericardial effusion ... Pericardial effusion ... CT-reconstruction #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant