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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
- Differential Diagnosis ... sweats, chills (infection ... disease or CHF) ... Abnormal physical findings ... ) • Abnormal CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Progression: • Upper lobe ... Diagnosis: Latent ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Progression: • Upper lobe ... Diagnosis: Latent ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #TB #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... /- High res CT chest ... #workup #diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
throughout the lungs ... Differential Diagnosis ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis ... #pulmonary #CXR
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... of right middle lobe ... massiliense in CF ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... patients with typical tuberculosis
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Incidental Finding ... Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential diagnosis ... treatment for pulmonary ... PCC #Radiology #CXR
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
In the lungs LV ... can be seen on a chest-film ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features ... #Findings #Diagram
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
features on the chest ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages ... #Findings #Signs
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
physical exam findings ... x-ray (CXR), try ... does a better job ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary