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Management Algorithm for Confusion
- Substrate verification, glucose, oxygen checks
- Toxidrome present
- Focal findings on neurologic examination
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Management Algorithm ... for Confusion ... electrolytes, CXR ... include cranial CT ... Delirium #Management #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Non-Specific CXR ... / CT Scan ... / CT Scan: ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Malformation Normal CXR ... /CT • Hematemesis ... Bronchitis Diffuse CT ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... also pulmonary contusion
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... also pulmonary contusion
Splenosis Mimicking Cancer - radiograph of the chest showed nodularity along the left hemidiaphragm (Panel A,
hemidiaphragm (Panel A, arrows ... side (Panel B, arrows ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CT #Splenosis
Salmonella enterica Aortitis - chest radiograph showed enlargement of the aortic arch, with deviation of the
Panels B and C, arrows ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CT #Salmonella
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
/Symptoms: • Confusion ... radiograph or CT ... Yield of blood CX
Large Hiatal Hernia - A chest radiograph showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac
Panels A and B, arrows ... Panels C and D, red arrows ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CT #HiatalHernia