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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - Differential ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... non-perfused vessels and causes ... In these cases comparison ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases ... Interstitial #Pattern #Differential
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Most Common Causes ... Physical stigmata of cor ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
-55; f 50-60y (hormonal ... granulomas within the lungs ... symptoms are not caused ... e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Drugs or hormones ... Acidosis A. ... #alkalosis #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
important finding on a chest ... has a limited differential ... The most common causes ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... Collapse #Patterns #Comparison