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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Dyspnea (underlying lung ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... : Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... CT Lung Abscess ... until the chest
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... testing; CTEPH, chronic ... hypertension; CXR ... , chest X-ray; HPAH ... lung disease; LFT
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... area of the left lung ... The differential ... PCC #Radiology #CXR ... #Oleothorax #NEJM
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... in the adjacent lung ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... mycobacteria Treatment
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... • CT: Halo sign ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... breath, Fatigue, Chest ... Pneumonia: • Chest
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
diameter are called lung ... with a repeat chest ... The treatment of ... comorbidities, such as chronic ... nodule growth with chest
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... Infectious Diseases ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential