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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... detected on a chest ... Interstitial #Pattern #Differential
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - Differential ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... History of cancer, lung
Robotic lung transplant - Intraoperative View

If you were wondering how a 4L donor lung can possibly
Robotic lung transplant ... through a 6cm incision ... applied to the chest ... = smaller incision ... and faster recovery
The Causes of Chest Pain - Life Threatening and Other Causes

#Chest #Pain #Differential #Causes
The Causes of Chest ... Pain - Life Threatening ... and Other Causes ... #Chest #Pain ... #Differential #Causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pain, hemoptysis ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Chest Pain Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Features

#Diagnosis #ChestPain #Differential #Features #Comparison #Table
Chest Pain Differential ... Diagnosis and Clinical ... Diagnosis #ChestPain #Differential
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... friction rub audible Lungs ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... on CXR • RA inflammation ... cause interstitial lung
Pneumonia on Chest Xray and POCUS

Extensive pneumonia in lower left lobe (red arrow). 
POCUS: Dynamic air
Pneumonia on Chest ... Xray and POCUS ... POCUS: Dynamic air ... AirBronchogram #POCUS #CXR ... Comparison #Clinical #Lung
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Pediatric Cough - Differential ... Tachypnea - Normal Chest ... drip - Wheeze and ... pneumonia - CXR ... #Acute #Cough #Differential
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Meds o Review Cxr ... Tube Tray o Chest ... Make 1.5 to 2 cm incision ... ensure that the lung