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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... • Carbapenem (e.g ... #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... doppler, CTA • ECG ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Pattern - Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Renal Calculus AXR ... is desirable, e.g ... radiation dose Ultrasound ... with surgical access ... stones #calculus #Radiology
COVID-19 Lung POCUS 

This is a POCUS of a patient with COVID-19.
No prior pulmonary disease; had
No prior pulmonary ... CXR: diffuse interstitial ... POCUS #Subpleural #Clinical ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... #SARSCoV2 #Coronavirus
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
infections • Nodular ... Disease: Clinical ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... Imaging, high res CT
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... in fact this is nodular ... interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Mosaic Attenuation on Chest CT
 • Variable attenuation seen on a chest CT in a lobular
seen on a chest CT ... in a lobular or ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical