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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... ultrasound • CXR
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... patients, who have an acute ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Air-Fluid Level on Chest ... XRay 70+ year ... and pleuritic chest ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... Cheat Sheet ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... detected on CT or CXR
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
exercise intolerance, chest ... pain, near-syncope ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest ... boot shaped heart caused ... along with concave Pulmonary ... #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #radiology #peds
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... considered, like acute ... between these chest ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... #Radiology #CXR
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
pneumonia On the chest ... In the proper clinical ... This was an acute ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Redistribution In a normal chest ... The pulmonary vascular ... In daily clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization