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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
friction rub audible Lungs ... pain, pleural effusion ... on CXR • RA inflammation ... cause interstitial lung ... Dyspnea + dry cough
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... life • History: cough ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... Diagnosis: • Lung
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical Symptoms: cough ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... injury to the lung ... Have the patient cough ... large injury to lung
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... Hemoptysis (blood in cough ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... History of cancer, lung
Hydropneumothorax on Lung POCUS

HIV/AID(CD4<250) with cough, dyspnea.Left lung anterior mid. Left lung. Findings consistent with PNA.
(CD4<250) with cough ... , dyspnea.Left lung ... Left lung. ... Has pleural effusion ... hydropneumothorax #effusion
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Dz, Malignant effusion ... Eosinophilic, Habit cough ... @Ndouthit #Cough
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... rnonths • Fever, cough ... meropenem) #Lung ... Pulmonary #Clinical #CXR
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Chronic Pediatric Cough ... - Non-Specific CXR ... Anomaly - Normal CXR ... • Habit Cough ... Exposure #Chronic #Cough
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
COVID-19 on Lung ... Less sore throat, cough ... bilateral pleural effusion ... COVID19 #clinical #lung ... BLines #POCUS #Effusion