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Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
ultrasound for diagnosis ... Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia ... from the field Table ... findings #EBM #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Lung #Findings
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... The table summarizes ... the differential diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #Table
Central distribution is seen in sarcoidosis and cardiogenic pulmonary edema.
Peripheral distribution is mainly seen in cryptogenic
cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #Table
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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- Chest Radiology ... Differential Diagnosis ... rarely typical pneumonia ... Pattern #Chest #Radiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infarction • Stable ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia ... Disease • Biliary ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Lobar consolidation
The most common presentation of consolidation is lobar or segmental.
The most common diagnosis is lobar
The most common diagnosis ... is lobar pneumonia ... The table lists ... the differential diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis - CAD ... Alveoli: - CHF - Pneumonia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Cardiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... and interstitial pneumonia ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Interstitial #Pneumonia
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Random: Metastases, Miliary ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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superimposed bacterial pneumonia ... areas #COVID19 #POCUS ... Ultrasound #Comparison #Table ... #Diagnosis