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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... is interstitial lung ... common pattern
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... of these four patterns ... or multifocal ill-defined ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... bronchiolitis: ill ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
correlation in normal lung ... Notes: (A) Normal lung ... artifact); (G) UIP pattern ... #Correlation #Table ... #ILD #Findings
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
• Enduring pattern ... control • The pattern ... situations • The pattern ... functioning • The pattern ... adolescence • The pattern
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #Table
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
ventilation • Phase Ill ... Specific capnograph patterns ... intubation, single lung ... #Capnography #interpretation ... #waveforms #patterns
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
zero WAVEFORM PATTERNS ... surface - Pattern ... the heart to the lung ... #Capnography #interpretation ... #patterns #diagnosis