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Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... • Interstitial lung ... Defect ** • Atrial ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... may still have a normal ... #CXR #Diffuse # ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
lymphadenopathy, pleural ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant ... ParaAorticLine #PAView #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Redistribution In a normal ... supplying the lung ... non-perfused vessels and causes ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... bubble and the lung ... The stomach is normally ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
heart figure is normal ... Enlargement will cause ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle ... Cardiac #Chambers #RadiologyAssistant
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Mycobacterium avium ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... P.jiroveci • Normal
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... - Switch to oral ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
In this case a lung ... film, which is normal ... has caused a triangular ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... • Moderate: oral