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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... production • Night ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Flags: • Fever, night ... lung disease or CHF ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Algorithm #causes
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... with signs of CHF ... first glance you might ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia • CHF ... • Pericardial effusion ... Psychiatric: Anxiety, fright ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
bilateral in 70% of cases ... of CHF. ... more often on the right ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... (right). ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
On the right side ... pericardial fat or effusion ... This causes a density ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... and other rarer causes ... of right-sided ... HF #Kussmauls ... #physicalexam #clinical
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Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... Electrocardiogram, Consider right
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
of blood, pus, effusion ... indicated, start CPR ... tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... a dramatic clinical