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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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rarely) diffuse inhalational ... injury Differential ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Our patient was exposed to burning sumac smoke while clearing out her yard .  Toxicodendron
or tree which can ... burned, the smoke can ... #Clinical #EM #Tox ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Urushiol #Smoke #Inhalation
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
most challenging differential ... the central dot sign ... this in many inhalational ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... Cavitation > 6 cm ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Our patient was exposed to burning sumac smoke while clearing out her yard .  Toxicodendron
or tree which can ... burned, the smoke can ... #Clinical #EM #Tox ... #Radiology #CXR ... Urushiol #Smoke #Inhalation
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... treatment for pulmonary ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Management Pneumonia Signs ... aeruginosa Clinical ... Yield of blood CX ... cultures/nasal PCR ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... features on the chest ... In daily clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... Vital signs: BP ... x-ray (CXR), try ... #Radiology #CTChest