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Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... places - Flail chest ... leak after chest ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... trauma #diagnosis #signs
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Blood: diffuse alveolar ... atelectasis • Lung ... 12 / shallow breathing ... MG, ALS) • ↓ chest ... compliance (e.g., flail chest
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... lesions than the chest ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... The chest film shows ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Monod Sign on Chest ... CTAir surrounding ... a preexisting pulmonary ... .2016.12.033 #Monod #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Air Bronchogram ... Sign on Chest CT ... .2016.12.033 #Air ... #Bronchogram #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary
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
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 ... #Pulmonary #Differential
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Pneumothorax, Alveolar ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... POCUS (B-lines, lung ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... , CTA Chest, Echocardiogram
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
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
bleeding into the alveoli ... we see an old chest ... density on the chest ... On the CT we can ... #CTChest #LungInfarct