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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
disease or CHF) ... • Hemoptysis (blood ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Diseases - Pneumonia ... - Nodular - Acute ... #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT ... #Differential #
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diffuse Lung Disease ... • Acute Respiratory ... • Chronic Lung ... #RHF #RightSided
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... during a period of CHF ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Cephalization
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
anemia • Sputum/Blood ... cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Lung Disease - ... Differential Diagnosis ... , Beomycin • Acute ... #Causes #Differential
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... leading to increased pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... the underlying cause
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Respiratory Failure - Differential ... : Interstitial lung ... diseases, pulmonary ... • Occurs when blood ... bypassing the lungs
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... blood flow, Kerley ... patients, who have an acute ... chronic heart disease ... #CXR #Diffuse #