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Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
on Chest X-Ray ... is a chronic interstitial ... lung disease with ... pneumoconiosis which is caused ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Ruptured Chordae Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram
 
Many underlying causes, not limited to: MVP, subacute endocarditis, connective
Chordae Tendineae on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Many underlying causes ... tissue d/o, blunt chest ... Ultrasound #Clinical #Cardiology
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
lung disease (i.e ... . fibrosis). ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO #
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... - Reticular interstitial ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
On the left a chest ... findings on the chest ... volume loss and fibrotic ... reticular densities caused ... Whenever you see a chest
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Limitation • Interstitial ... lung disease ... Abnormalities • Chest
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... interstitial lung ... disease/pulmonary fibrosis ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Weakness, Loss of Chest ... Elasticity (flail chest ... Defect: Pulmonary Fibrosis ... , Interstitial Lung ... #differential #diagnosis