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X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... UltraSound (POCUS) to CT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #KUB ... #CXR #Sensitivity
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
and renal manifestations ... Differential Diagnosis ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... resolution chest CT
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT ... of AFB by smear microscopy
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... seen • Chest CT ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
of low, normal and ... attenuation • DDx: sub-acute ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... radiograph or CT ... aeruginosa Clinical ... Yield of blood CX ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
empyema, hemothorax, and ... treatment for pulmonary ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
intraparenchymal pulmonary ... confirmed the diagnosis ... #clinical #Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... LAM #radiology #CT ... wedge #biopsy #NEJM
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
revealed multiple pulmonary ... in both lungs, and ... patient received a diagnosis ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #