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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... leading to increased pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... Crazy #Paving #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
- Respiratory symptoms ... week of a known clinical ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
gastrointestinal symptoms ... Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... Imaging, high res CT
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... +/- High res CT ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... of CXR congestion ... coronary artery disease