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Lung Hernia (Sibson Hernia) on physical exam due to a traumatic chest injury.

Sibson Hernia is a
to a traumatic chest ... injury. ... hernia, the cause ... is noted after chest ... #respiratory #breathing
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
, due to injury, ... • DAH triad: lung ... hemoptysis, anemia • Chest ... CT scan: diffuse ... #Differential #Causes
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 ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
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 ... Lung: • Pulmonary ... Hemothorax #Chest
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... diffuse inhalational injury ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... CXR #clinical #CT
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... disease, pleuritic chest ... Occasional sighs ... In lung disease ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Pericarditis: Infectious ... Breast Leukemia Lung ... esophageal perforation. chest ... Blunt chest trauma
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
ARDS: Clinical Cheat ... injury, leading ... to increased pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... such as trauma
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... chest to evaluate ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... sparing of the lung ... typically seen on chest
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Tram Track Sign ... on Chest CT • Parallel ... extending to the lung ... #Track #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary