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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
: Viral PCP Mycoplasma ... This was a PCP-infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial ... #Pneumonia #PJP
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
• CD4 < 200: PCP ... failure, COPD, Lung ... /- High res CT chest ... Fungal, AFB), TB PCR ... sputum, PCP DFA
On the left an immunocompromised patient with PCP.
The CT findings are diffuse ground-glass opacification.
The findings are
not specific for PCP ... clinical setting PCP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #PJP # ... Pneumocystis #Pneumonia
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... area of the left lung ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
for Klebsiella pneumonia ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
(JVP, edema), Lung ... POCUS (B-lines, lung ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... PPI Oxygen Therapy ... diagnosis #Management #treatment
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Severity Index (PSI ... evidence) • PSI ... Yield of blood CX ... cultures/nasal PCR ... #Pulmonary #Community
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Radiology • Miliary ... throughout the lungs ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #Radiology #differential ... #CXR #clinical
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... bronchiolitis, PCP ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... nodular interstitial lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation