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ECG of a 32-year-old lady with chest pain. 

Cath showed 100% proximal LAD Occlusion.
lady with chest ... Never, ever write ... young people with chest ... #EKG #STEMI #Clinical ... #Cardiology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... breath, Fatigue, Chest ... : • Chest pain ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
acute reticular pattern ... most frequently caused ... The other cause ... cough and some fever ... #Clinical #Radiology
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... consolidation #Clinical ... #Radiology #HRCT ... #CTChest #HighAttenuation ... #Pattern #Comparison
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
this patient have pneumonia ... evidence of a chest ... ., fever/hypothermia ... production, pleuritic chest ... #Pneumonia #Venn
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... morphologic findings on HRCT ... vascular diseases (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Sarcoidosis
In this case the chest x-ray shows subtle findings that could be described as fine reticulation.
In
the chest x-ray ... HRCT is needed to ... The HRCT - not shown ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interstitial #Pattern
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... with cough and fever ... #Radiology #CXR