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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
night sweats, chills ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... History of cancer, lung
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis of CHF - Visual Abstract
What is the accuracy of combined Lung Ultrasound
of CHF - Visual ... Ultrasound (LUS) and clinical ... Lung Ultrasound: ... 20.9 - LR- 0.07 CXR ... #ultrasound #CHF
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... most common) Clinical ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... 38 degrees • Chills ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... hemorrhage • Treatment
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung ... In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
bubble and the lung ... with signs of CHF ... bubble to the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Management Summary Clinical ... ROM +/- fever, chills ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... cervical, anal Cxs ... results *** MH/CCF
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... cystic fibrosis (CF ... with asthma or CF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... : 33% • Treatment ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... fluid balance, and CXR ... : No • Treatment
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... 81% for acute HF ... → no signs of CXR