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Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... bronchial obstruction caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... chronic illness, clinical ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
When you scroll
resolved after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Fever, cough, chills ... has five major clinical ... Found primarily along ... fungal stain of clinical ... MC: CNS CSF: •
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
effects in the treatment ... hallucinations, rashes/long-term ... tolerable • Limited clinical ... phlebitis, fever, chills ... valleyfever #management #treatment
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... without other cause ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... fluid balance, and CXR ... with pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Fevers and/or chills ... Most Common Causes ... Physical stigmata of cor ... mycobacteria Treatment