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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... common pattern
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... Sarcoidosis end-stage ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... Sarcoid end-stage ... consolidation #Clinical ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
• Enduring pattern ... control • The pattern ... situations • The pattern ... functioning • The pattern ... adolescence • The pattern
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... throughout the lungs ... PulmPEEPs #Miliary #Pattern ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
pathophysiology CLINICAL ... zero WAVEFORM PATTERNS ... surface - Pattern ... the heart to the lung ... interpretation #patterns
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
re-exams (normal CXR ... She is sent to CT ... Keep this injury pattern ... on your differential ... Trauma #Injury #clinical
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Ramzy, DO, EMT-P ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... chest radiograph pattern ... not seen on a CXR ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung