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Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... a flail chest, initially ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... #Chest #Breathing
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... a flail chest, initially ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... #Chest #Breathing
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... evidence of a chest ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... production, pleuritic chest
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Differential Diagnosis ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
chest film, which ... density on the chest ... On the CT we can ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #LungInfarct
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... high resolution chest ... CT • Bronchoscopy
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
may aid in the diagnosis ... of pulmonary embolism ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... disease: Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... CT Lung Abscess ... treatment until the chest
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
) pericarditic chest ... imaging technique (CT ... CMR). ... Chronic Pericarditis ... criteria #cardiology #chronic