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Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
Fluid Analysis ... systematic approach to analysis ... of the fluid in ... MD @DharSaty #csf ... #pleural #synovial
Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
to interpreting pleural ... fluid analysis ... #pleuralfluid #analysis ... lights #criteria #algorithm
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
characterized by fluid ... When fluid leaks ... perpendicular to the pleura ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Intersitial #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
with signs of CHF ... fluid on both sides ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural # ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
The retracted visceral pleura is seen (blue arrow) which indicates that there is a pneumothorax.
There is
retracted visceral pleura ... there is an air-fluid ... small, this air-fluid ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Hydropneumothorax #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
About
Pleural fluid It ... 200-300 ml of fluid ... visible on an CXR ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... Volume #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Kerley B-lines and pleural ... fluid. ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural fluid may become encysted.
Here we see fluid entrapped within the fissure.
This can sometimes give the
Pleural fluid may ... Here we see fluid ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... edema and some pleural ... fluid. ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
70% of cases of CHF ... fluid, before it ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural # ... PleuralEffusion #RadiologyAssistant