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Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pneumothorax, pulmonary ... , pulmonary contusion ... , pulmonary contusion ... viscus #cxr ... trauma #diagnosis #signs
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
: Acute kidney injury ... Nausea/vomiting, Abdominal ... ischemia, Acute cor ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #SARSCOV2
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... procalcitonin) - Pulmonary ... symptoms (e.g., ... pain) and signs
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

This
example of 'shred sign ... /CT imaging. ... eabramsMD #Shred #sign ... #ultrasound #lung ... #pulmonary
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... acute HF → no signs ... of CXR congestion
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
is a radiologic sign ... periphery of the lung ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
pleural effusion on CXR ... cause interstitial lung ... disease/pulmonary ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
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 ... #Pain #differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... blood cells in the lung ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... - The classic signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #differential #