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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... mm) nodules • Diffusely ... throughout the lungs ... PulmPEEPs #Miliary #Pattern ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
are so diffusely ... injury may be diffuse ... see heterogenous patterns ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... #respiratory #clinical
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
capillaritis leading to diffuse ... hemorrhage (DAH) • Diffuse ... sparing of the lung ... • IF staining patterns ... differential #diagnosis #management
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... characterized by diffuse ... The histologic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... not specific • Chest ... mosaic parenchymal pattern ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
lesion has been stable ... with a benign pattern ... mm depends on clinical ... #Management #Radiology ... #CTChest #Fleischner
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 ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management