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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
to interpreting pleural ... fluid analysis ... #pleuralfluid #analysis ... #interpretation ... 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
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
Basic Interpretation ... additional findings (pleural ... fluid, lymphadenopathy ... #Algorithm #ILD ... #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
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
leakage into the pleural ... space (pleural ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Alveolar ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Complex Pericardial ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... Given several fluid ... along with rt/lt pleural ... Pericardial fluid
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Complex Pericardial ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... Given several fluid ... along with rt/lt pleural ... Pericardial fluid
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
circulation or fluid ... vessels, leakage of fluid ... interstitium and the pleural ... #CXR #Features ... Findings #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant