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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Pulmonary edema; ARDS ... disease, Pulmonary alveolar ... ; Lung cancer, Kaposi ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... Progressing to diffuse alveolar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay ... #ARDS #Progression
On the left a patient with ARDS. 
There is alveolar edema in both lungs. 
Notice that
a patient with ARDS ... There is alveolar ... dilated and the cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ARDS #Alveolar
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
interstitial edema due to cardiac ... The other cause ... manifestation of AIDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
failing as a pump; cardiac ... CHF also causes ... aims to inhibit ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Distention Pulmonary Alveoli ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... pulmonay infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Kerley B lines, alveolar ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #pharmacology #
There are three principal varieties of pulmonary edema: cardiac, overhydration and increased capillary permeability (ARDS). 
The
pulmonary edema: cardiac ... permeability (ARDS ... failure and chronic cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Vascular
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
transudate like in CHF ... capillary leak like in ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary