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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Interstitial
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... and Management Differential ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... diagnosis #Management #treatment
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Left Shunt - Anatomic ... Disease, Interstitial ... Fibrosis, Interstitial ... Lung Disease ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
a construction worker ... Fibrosis is a chronic interstitial ... lung disease with ... benign, upper lobe ... #XRay #CXR #silicosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Lymphocytic or lymphoid interstitial ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... caused by a rigid chest ... With Upper Lobe ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... #diseases #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... sparing of the lung ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... her history of treatment ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... PCC #Radiology #CXR