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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiovascular ... Infarction • Stable ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
teaching case: ... he coughed and now ... POCUS - What’s the diagnosis ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical ... respiratory #Chest #Lung
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... • Vasculitis (e.g ... #Abscess #pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... vascular diseases (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... of breath with low ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... nodular, high and low ... attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Pulmonary complications of targeted therapy
-Immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. pembrolizumab)
-Pneumonitis is uncommon (~5% of patients) but can
Pulmonary complications ... checkpoint inhibitors (e.g ... of pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Honc
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... mg per day How ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... and exudative pleural ... Exclude other causes
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Orthopedic • Low ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung