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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... dissection • Pneumothorax ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... • CXR • CBC ... #Pain #Diagnosis
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Chest X-Ray Interpretation ... Check apices for pneumothorax ... #XRay #CXR #Interpretation ... #Checklist #radiology ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... is a possible diagnosis ... cyst formation and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Fibrosis and ... level in hydro-pneumothorax ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Trauma Patient and ... rib fracture - Pneumothorax ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... chestxray #trauma #diagnosis ... #signs #radiology
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... context, and consider ... Point Of Care UltraSound ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
film and can suggest ... the diagnosis in ... the proper clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Chilaiditi Sign on Chest X-Ray
Anterior interposition of the colon between the hemidiaphragm and the liver.
Chilaiditi sign
Chilaiditi Sign on Chest ... hemidiaphragm and ... thus important to diagnose ... #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #radiology
A 37 yo male with no sig PMH presents with pleuritic chest pain for 3 days.
What's the diagnosis ... sided spontaneous pneumothorax ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Large #Spontaneous ... #Pneumothorax
Pneumoperitoneum vs Pseudo-Pneumoperitoneum aka Chilaiditi Sign
It mimics pneumoperitoneum and it is thus important to diagnose it
pneumoperitoneum and ... thus important to diagnose ... Chilaiditi #Sign #clinical ... #radiology #cxr ... #xray #chest