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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural Effusion ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... • Protein-losing ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... Post-CABG • Medication
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung ... or pulmonary angiography
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... week of a known clinical ... worsening symptoms during ... explained by pleural effusions ... lobar collapse, lung
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung ... In daily clinical ... In these cases comparison ... condition (left) and during ... #Clinical #Radiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... then be excreted using ... acute coronary syndrome ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... • PULMONARY A ... response to the rapid infusion ... #criticalcare #comparison ... #challenges #management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... Clinical Features ... effusions • Acute ... pancreatitis, protein-losing ... activation and/or medications
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
revealed multiple pulmonary ... in both lungs, ... hematoxylin and eosin ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Allergies to medications ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... thickening or effusion ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management