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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 ... symptoms (e.g., ... production, pleuritic chest ... pain) and signs
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
disease, pleuritic chest ... punctuated by frequent sighs ... Occasional sighs ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... infiltrates on chest ... • Signs/Symptoms ... scattered crackles, chest ... • Signs/Symptoms
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... inflammation Symptoms ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Nasal polyps and signs ... high-resolution chest
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... chest to evaluate ... or serologies + symptoms ... Goodpasture's cause ... typically seen on chest
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Infarction and Pulmonary ... life-threatening causes ... of chest pain, ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Presentation
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
- May involve symptoms ... neuropsychiatric symptoms ... in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... #differential #diagnosis
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
- Respiratory symptoms ... be present on a chest ... computed tomographic (CT ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... inflammation tends to cause ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
is a radiologic sign ... may aid in the diagnosis ... In this case, pulmonary ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography.