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Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
x-ray Findings in ... Pneumothorax, pulmonary ... , pulmonary contusion ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... trauma #diagnosis #signs
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... Lobe Collapse - Chest ... lobe collapse causes ... the collapse lung ... #XRay #CXR
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
injury, leading ... to increased pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... the underlying cause
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 ... Notice the air-bronchogram ... This was an acute ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... lat decubitus - air ... CT Lung Abscess ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Nasal polyps and signs ... thickening, presence of air-fluid ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... disease caused ... Calcification (seen in CT ... #Chest #XRay #labeled ... #pulmonary
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Auto-immune attack on hair ... pleural effusion on CXR ... inflammation tends to cause ... disease/pulmonary ... pathophysiology #signs
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood cells in the lung ... Traumatic brain injury ... nervous system injury ... of acute respiratory ... infiltrates on chest
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
is a radiologic sign ... periphery of the lung ... In this case, pulmonary ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography.