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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... • Diffuse Lung ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung ... bases. ... In daily clinical ... bases will be less ... #Clinical #Radiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
3:1), and the base ... Therefore, conditions caused ... apices caused by ... #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... And BMP Normal Values ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Clindamycin in case ... of PCN allergy ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
these terms are based ... since in many cases ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... POCUS lung exam ... Differential Bilat ... : Pulmonary edema ... #POCUS #clinical
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Based on the images ... determine the cause ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Radiology #CXR
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
toxo IgG • CNS PCR ... lesions • 80% with lung ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... metastatic spread: lung ... patients with pulmonary ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... Mediterranean fever (FMF