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On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Sarcoidosis: nodules ... Respiratory bronchiolitis ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... NodularPattern #Differential
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
) - Respiratory ... be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... , or pulmonary nodules ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
centrilobular nodules ... narrowing the differential ... identified in the lung ... Diagnosis #Pathophys #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 4

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
at times with a nodular ... periphery of two lungs ... evident in the lower lobes ... Radiologia Torácica ... #Clinical #CriticalCare
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
) Chest imaging ... effusions, lobar/lung ... collapse, or nodules ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #ARDS #Acute #Respiratory
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Radiology • Miliary ... small (1 -4 mm) nodules ... throughout the lungs ... inhalational injury Differential ... #Radiology #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... , erythematous nodules ... Imaging: Irregular nodules ... nodules possible ... #pulmonary #differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... X-ray and lung ... Phos), CBC with differential ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... multiple pulmonary nodules ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... • Reticular + Nodular ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... proximal weakness, arms ... life-threatening Differential ... Imaging - CT Chest ... Gravis #diagnosis #management