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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
diagnosis of Exudative Pleural ... #Respiratory #PleuralEffusion ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... #im #radiology
Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
Pleural effusion ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Pleural ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion ... #Differential #
On a lateral image of CXR effusion of > 75 ml could be visible- where there
lateral image of CXR effusion ... of > 75 ml could ... of pleural fluid ... doc #Hidden #PleuralEffusion ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Radiology
Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
About
about 200-300 ml ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... - Chest Wall/Pleura ... Effusion ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... of > 75 ml can ... If pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Castleman's disease • Pleural ... effusion; empyema ... (NHL, primary effusion ... #diseases #differential ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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A solitary pulmonary nodule or
atelectasis or pleural ... effusion. ... The differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... SolitaryPulmonaryNodule #Differential
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
- Pulmonary infiltrating ... consolidation Lung ultrasound ... patients with pulmonary ... pneumonia #ChestCT #Ultrasound ... POCUS #features #Radiology