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CT Lung Signs in Pulmonary Diseases - One Page Summary of Pulmonary Signs
 - Air Crescent
CT Lung Signs in ... Signs - Air Crescent ... sign - CT angiogram ... #ChestCT #CT # ... Lung #Signs #Pulmonary
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... and mortality BPAP ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... pneumothorax. esophageal injury ... #criticalcare #
Air Crescent Sign on Chest CT
 • Crescentic or circumferential rim of radiolucent airspace within a
Air Crescent Sign ... on Chest CT • ... .2016.12.033 #Air ... #Crescent #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
emboli usually present ... CT demonstrates ... lesions than the chest ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
injury, leading ... edema must be present ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... ) indicates an injury ... to the lung or ... to lung or airways
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 ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #CriticalCare #
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
on a chest radiograph ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... Hg with PEEP or CPAP ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
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
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
< 90% on room air ... on imaging (eg. chest ... chest CT, or ultrasound ... or, if LAH is present ... #criticalcare