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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... until the chest
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
- Differential Diagnosis ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... , CTA Chest, Echocardiogram ... #Management #treatment
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... On a Chest X-Ray ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
POCUS with IJ Thrombosis ... Differential/diagnosis ... Lemierre's Syndrome case ... septic emboli in lungs ... #POCUS #Clinical
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
POCUS Pulmonary ... teaching case: ... - What’s the diagnosis ... Nick Mark MD @nickmmark ... #Lung
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
ARDS: Clinical Cheat ... , inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... detected on CT or CXR ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
month following neck ... consistent with a diagnosis ... the apex of the lung ... experience, the cause ... or induced by treatment
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Threshold for treatment ... TB • Abnormal CXR ... carcinoma of head/neck ... /lung • jejunoileal ... SkinTest #TST #diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... pleural effusion on CXR ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis