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Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
present as multiple ill-defined ... air-bronchograms within the ill-defined ... two ill-defined ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... changes in the basal lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
pneumonia On the chest ... x-ray there is an ill-defined ... weight loss or long ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... of AECOPD: • Clinical
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
• Titrate CPAP up ... beneficial in all ... Internet Book of Critical ... support #COVID19 #management ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
the consolidated lung ... are usually very ill ... usually not that ill ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in the subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
ill-defined centrilobular nodules of ground-glass opacity
pneumonitis are: ill-defined ... opacity due to lung ... There are ill-defined ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Hypersensitivity
Katayama Fever - Physical examination and diagnostic testing revealed multiple small papules on the trunk (Panel
values, and several ill-defined ... nodular infiltrates ... on the chest radiograph ... #Clinical #Radiology ... InfectiousDisease #CXR
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
cannot, coronary ischemia ... vessels, or acutely ill ... “one size fits all ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical