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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 ... toxicity, Pulmonary edema ... ; ARDS, Metastatic ... disease, Pulmonary alveolar ... #chestCT #radiology
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... involvement, with “white lung ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CXR #ChestXRay #ARDS
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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DDx: PAP, pulm edema ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
Crazy Paving is ... Pulmonary hemorrhage - Edema ... heart failure, ARDS ... , AIP) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
capillary leak like in ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary ... #Edema #AlveolarEdema
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Kerley B lines, alveolar
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... characterized by diffuse alveolar ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
dependent part of the lungs ... the differential diagnostic ... presentation of alveolar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
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 ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis