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Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
/Q scanning or CT-PA ... outlined in Table 1 ... #OBGyn #Radiology ... PE #Pregnancy #Workup ... #Imaging #Comparison
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... can suggest the diagnosis ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... feeding vessel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Monod Sign on Chest ... CTAir surrounding ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Air Crescent Sign on Chest CT
 • Crescentic or circumferential rim of radiolucent airspace within a
Air Crescent Sign ... on Chest CT • ... #Crescent #Sign ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Air Bronchogram ... Sign on Chest CT ... .2016.12.033 #Air ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Pericarditis on EKG
Stage 1 - Widespread ST elevation (<5mm) and PR depression; In aVR: ST depression
on EKG Stage 1 ... depression; In aVR ... Normalization Spodick's sign ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis #clinical
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old boy presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of
- A 4-year-old boy ... bronchus, since air ... remained well at a 1- ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #chest
Falciform Ligament Sign - An abdominal radiograph that was obtained with the patient in a supine
intraperitoneal free air ... Panel B, arrow) #Clinical ... #Radiology #FalciformLigament ... Pneumoperitoneum #CT ... #KUB #NEJM
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
small box wide, ... Equivalents / Don't Miss Signs ... leads with STE in avR ... Ischemia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
effusion fluid or air ... • Diagnostic ... Child: 20 ml.kg-1) ... examination and vital signs ... #Management #Workup