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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis ... Red Flags: • Fever ... disease or CHF) ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
with Air-Fluid Level ... on Chest XRay ... of persistent cough ... #Cavitary #CXR ... Clinical #Pulmonary #Radiology
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
to the ED with fever ... and cough productive ... A CXR is done. ... consistent w/ lung ... abscess #Clinical #Radiology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... • Pleuritic chest ... • CT: Halo sign ... , cough and cavitary ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
, like cyst, cavity ... we describe a chest ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... feeding vessel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... Inflammation (e.g., fever ... e.g., dyspnea, cough ... pain) and signs
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
dyspnea, productive cough ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... decubitus - air fluid level ... Abscess Differential
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical Symptoms: cough ... : weight gain, lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

This
a patient with fever ... , cough and shortness ... multifocal pneumonia on CXR ... clinical #photo #ultrasound ... #lung #pulmonary