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Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Flash Pulmonary Edema ... - Physiologic: ARDS ... , Diffuse Alveolar ... Impaired Diffusion: ILD
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Patients • Diffuse ... toxicity, Pulmonary edema ... disease, Pulmonary alveolar ... #differential #diagnosis ... #chestCT #radiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... pulmonay infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
Progressing to diffuse ... alveolar involvement ... the differential diagnosis ... of pulmonary oedema ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left a patient with ARDS. 
There is alveolar edema in both lungs. 
Notice that
There is alveolar ... dilated and the cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ARDS #Alveolar ... #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... content of the alveoli ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
that fills the alveoli ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... or multifocal ill-defined ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
to segmental, diffuse ... disease, like in the alveolar ... and fill up the alveoli ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
alveolar damage ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... pneumonitis • Diffuse ... alveolar hemorrhage ... lower extremity edema ... Cytopenias • Cardiac