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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic ... #causes
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... / CT Scan ... / CT Scan: ... #Causes #Peds #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
IgG4-Related Disease ... Clinical history ... head and neck, pancreas ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... Rheumatologic/Autoimmune diseae ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #differential # ... causes
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... high-resolution chest CT ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... Interstitial lung ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Causes
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... , inflammatory lung ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Systemic disease ... imaging with barium, CT ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis ... #differential