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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... #Effusion #Pulmonary
One-page resource for Lung POCUS in COVID19:
- likely (unproven) sensitive due to peripheral distribution of lesions
One-page resource for Lung ... of lesions on CT ... - pleural effusions ... ChrisAllison_VT #Lung ... #coronavirus #pulmonary
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Interstitial lung ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Ventilation/perfusion ... • Interstitial lung ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
on Chest CT • ... by an exudative effusion ... Empyema, malignant effusions ... #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... infections according to CT-scan ... Aspergillosis PLEURAL ... EFFUSION - Bacterial ... #Lung #Infections
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
CT and ultrasonographic ... CT: - Thickened ... - Pulmonary infiltrating ... effusion is rare ... patients with pulmonary
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung Empyema on ... effusion suspicious ... , confirmed on CT ... POCUS #complex #effusion ... #pleural #pulmonary
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
• DAH triad: lung ... anemia • Chest CT ... infiltrates, no pleural ... effusion nor cardiomegaly ... Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
computed tomographic (CT ... fully explained by pleural ... effusions, lobar ... collapse, lung ... collapse, or pulmonary