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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Pericardial • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... EffusionsPleural ... Distention Pulmonary Alveoli ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... A subpulmonic effusion ... effusion, is when ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... #Effusion #Subpulmonic
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Pneumothorax - Effusion ... - Congestive Cardiac ... #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT ... #Differential #
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
disease, Pulmonary alveolar ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... effusion: Parapneumonic ... effusion; empyema ... (NHL, primary effusion
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
effusion). ... position Obstructive lung ... and an enlarged cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Pleuritis • Alveoli ... : - CHF - Pneumonia ... • Pleura: - ... Effusion - Pneumothorax
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Effusion with Tamponade ... large pericardial effusion ... as pericardial effusion ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
- Parasternal long ... axis (PLAX) Pt ... appearance of heart on CXR ... large pericardial effusion ... #PLAX
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Kerley B lines, alveolar ... edema, bilateral pleural ... effusions). 1/5 ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Effusion with Tamponade ... large pericardial effusion ... as pericardial effusion ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #Cardiac #Tamponade