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Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Is it pus, edema ... Even fibrosis as ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
's female with chest ... pain/dyspnea. ... Differential/diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells
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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
spaces with pus, edema ... or interstitial lung ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... feeding vessel sign ... The chest film shows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Sign on Chest CT ... DDx: pna, pulm edema ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
edema • Air: ... atelectasis • Lung ... fibrosis RR ... MG, ALS) • ↓ chest ... compliance (e.g., flail chest
Galaxy Sign on Chest CT
 • Coalescent granuloma with a central dense mass and tiny peripheral
Galaxy Sign on Chest ... central dense mass and ... progressive massive fibrosis ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #clinical
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Weakness, Loss of Chest ... Elasticity (flail chest ... Edema, Atelectasis ... Fibrosis, Interstitial ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis and Stages

Clinical Presentation
- Exertional dyspnea
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- HF Symptoms (orthopnea, PND,
Stages Clinical ... Exertional dyspnea - Chest ... pain - Palpitations ... orthopnea, PND, LE edema ... #Symptoms #Cardiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled ... #pulmonary