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Air Crescent Sign on Chest CT
 • Crescentic or circumferential rim of radiolucent airspace within a
Air Crescent Sign ... on Chest CT • ... #Crescent #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... injury, leading ... edema must be present ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/
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 ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... feeding vessel sign ... #CXR #CTChest #
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 ... to the lung or ... to lung or airways ... @nickmmark #ChestTube
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

This
multifocal pneumonia on CXR ... /CT imaging. ... #pneumonia #clinical ... #photo #ultrasound ... #lung #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... Nasal polyps and signs ... thickening, presence of air-fluid ... in the adjacent lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... excess facial hair ... ) • Risk Of Clinical ... pneumothorax. esophageal injury
Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

A young male presents with acute onset right sided chest pain and shortness
presents with acute ... show stratosphere sign ... Alines appear when air ... #clinical #Labeled ... #Pulmonary
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
dyspnoe due to acute ... The following signs ... consolidations and air ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... SpO2 88% on room air ... This patient’s clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR