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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 ... disease, Pulmonary alveolar ... ; Lung cancer, Kaposi ... #differential #diagnosis ... #chestCT #radiology
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... duration) - Kaposi ... Burkitt's (or equivalent ... immunoblastic (or equivalent ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... Progressing to diffuse alveolar ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CXR #ChestXRay #ARDS
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pleuritis • Alveoli ... : - CHF - Pneumonia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Distention Pulmonary Alveoli ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... #Differential #Diagnosis
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
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
un lymphatic Diagnostic ... 81% for acute HF ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... #heartfailure #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
#radiology #ctchest #differential

Differential Diagnosis of Ground-glass Opacity.

Some abbreviations
HP: Hypersensitive pneumonitis
DIP: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia
PAP: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
MIA:
#radiology #ctchest ... Differential Diagnosis ... PAP: Pulmonary alveolar ... adenocarcinoma AIS
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Highest metabolic equivalent ... disease b) CHF ... one post op Cardiology ... stratification #diagnosis
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... finally into the alveoli ... a patient with CHF ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features