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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Pericardial • Effusion ... Bronchiectasis Pleural ... EffusionsPleural ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Loculated effusion ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
/Chest Wall: • ... effusion, Pneumonia ... Sarcoid, Tumor, Pleural ... effusion, Pulmonary ... decompensated CHF
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... seen on a supine chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... A subpulmonic effusion ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
breath or pleuritic chest ... Thickening #COVID19 #clinical ... #lung #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #BLines ... #POCUS #Effusion
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
on Chest CT • ... by an exudative effusion ... Sign #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Lung ultrasound ... reveals what chest ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Loculated ... #Pleural #Effusion
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
The pulmonary vascular ... In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization