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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... This is also called ... may still have a normal ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... polycythemia from chronic hypoxia ... Physical stigmata of cor ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Cells - tumor ... lobar pneumonia caused ... idiopathic it is called ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
thickening - lack of normal ... The most common cause ... chronic bronchitis, COPD ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Bronchiectasis
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... film, which is normal ... The pulmonary embolus ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
In most cases of ... chest x-ray is normal ... The peripheral consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Treat underlying cause ... replacement Cord ... interventional radiology ... : fever, rash, hypoxia ... renal failure, pulmonary
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Presentation: • Mimics normal ... vessels, harms heart cells ... Rule out other causes ... congestion on a CXR ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology