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Ammonia Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
Wisely: Things We ... HepaticEncephalopathy #TWDFNR #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #EBM
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
limitations of X-rays so we ... interpret them in clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis of CHF - Visual Abstract
What is the accuracy of combined Lung Ultrasound
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis ... Ultrasound (LUS) and clinical ... assessment for diagnosing ... 20.9 - LR- 0.07 CXR ... #ebm #visualabstract
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
presentation Urinalysis: LE ... unformed) PNA diagnosed ... with CXR, obtain ... 3) Meningitis Diagnose ... #Peds #EM #Classification
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic ... : The Rational Clinical ... #EBM #Diagnosis
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
lateral film, we ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Basement Membrane (GBM ... Linear, ribbon-like GBM ... staining on IF • No EM ... anti-proteinase 3 (CPR ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... #differential #diagnosis
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... kind of pattern we ... On a CXR the most ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR