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Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
a construction worker ... is a chronic interstitial ... lung disease with ... benign, upper lobe ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
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
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
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... caused by a rigid chest ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... #diseases #differential
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
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... interstitial pneumonitis ... consider drug-related lung ... disease in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest