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Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
bubble and the lung ... with signs of CHF ... amount of pleural fluid ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
GERD, Dysphagia, CHF ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Dz, Malignant effusion ... #Differential #Algorithm
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
(B) Treatment algorithm ... or bolus infusion ... Diuretic #Diuresis #CHF ... #Algorithm #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... metastatic spread: lung ... the hemorrhagic fluid ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
of Interstitial Lung ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... function resulting in fluid ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Thyroid - Lung ... Tumors #Tumours #MSK ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... Causes #Oncology #Radiology
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... 70% of cases of CHF ... ml of pleural fluid ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... edema - Large effusion ... the volume - Fluid ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... 81% for acute HF ... bilateral pleural effusions ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... as an anechoic fluid ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung