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Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
- Differential ... anemia (reduced blood ... disorders - Chronic ... pulmonary diseases ... arteriosus or peripheral
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Blood Pressure ... disorders - Chronic ... pulmonary diseases ... arteriosus or peripheral ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... - Blood - hemorrhage ... perihilar (batwing) or peripheral ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gain, lung rales, peripheral ... : systolic blood ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... → no signs of CXR ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Elevated intraocular pressure ... irrigation • Management ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... Prevention of blood ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... anemia • Sputum/Blood ... cultures • CXR ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... : Peripheral distribution ... • Pneumonia: blood ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... glomeruli, and peripheral ... pulses, bruis, or blood ... Large Vessel: Blood ... pressure difference