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Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
monitor cardiac & pulmonary ... Specific capnograph patterns ... intubation, single lung ... #Capnography #interpretation ... #waveforms #patterns
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... there are four patterns ... : reticular, nodular ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... infections according to CT-scan ... patterns. ... #Patterns #Pulmonary ... #Lung #Infections
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
pattern. ... structures of the lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Pattern #Distribution ... Comparison #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
zero WAVEFORM PATTERNS ... surface - Pattern ... the heart to the lung ... #Capnography #interpretation ... #patterns #diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... small (1 -4 mm) nodules ... throughout the lungs ... PulmPEEPs #Miliary #Pattern ... CXR #clinical #CT
Tree-in-Bud Sign on Chest CT
 • Multiple centrilobular nodules arranged in a linear branching pattern.
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Sign on Chest CT ... centrilobular nodules ... linear branching pattern ... TreeInBud #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
Basic Interpretation ... the dominant HR-pattern ... : reticular nodular ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Algorithm #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nodules, asthma ... Other tests: • CT ... sparing of the lung ... seen on chest CT ... • IF staining patterns
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... coalescence of the nodules ... Calcification (seen in CT ... typical eggshell pattern ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary