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COVID-19 Patterns of Lung Findings on Chest CT
1. Reverse Halo Sign
2. ARDS
3. Crazy-Paving Pattern
4. Bilateral Peripheral
Lung Findings on Chest ... CT 1. ... Reverse Halo Sign ... Organizing Pneumonia ... Patterns #Lung #Pulmonary
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Embolism (chest ... Hypertension - Chest ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia ... • Muscular Injury
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
evidence of a chest ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR, CT ... production, pleuritic chest ... pain) and signs ... #Pneumonia #Venn
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... • CT: Halo sign ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... breath, Fatigue, Chest ... : • Chest pain
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Malformation • Severe Pneumonia ... Abnormalities • Chest ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... diffuse inhalational injury ... rarely typical pneumonia ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... CXR #clinical #CT
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
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Chest Trauma Complications ... Aortic Rupture* Chest ... Fractures • Flail Chest ... Hemothorax #Chest ... #Causes
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
ARDS: Clinical Cheat ... inflammatory lung injury ... be detected on CT ... oxygenation in pneumonia ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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patients), • Chest ... Diagnosis: • Chest ... Xray - Chest radiography ... the bronchus • Chest ... CT • Bronchoscopy