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Causes of Pleural Effusions
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #PleuralEffusions #Differential #Table #Transudative #Exudative
Diagnosis #Pulmonary #PleuralEffusions ... #Differential #
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
#Respiratory #PleuralEffusion ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential
Posterior L chest scan…same patient. Explains all! Massive L effusion, empyema. Drained and later discharged from
Massive L effusion, empyema ... Lung #Massive #Empyema ... #PleuralEffusion
Pleural Effusions
#Diagnosis #PleuralEffusion #Lights #Criteria #Transudative #Exudative #Cholesterol #Sensitivity #Specificity
Effusions #Diagnosis #PleuralEffusion
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Atelectasis - Emphysema ... Reticular - Emphysema ... XRay #ChestCT #Differential
In the hospital: minimal improvement with abx for CAP. Lung US to the rescue. Diagnostic thora;
#POCUS #Lung #Empyema ... #PleuralEffusion
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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These include: - Emphysema ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts #Emphysema
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Empyema Necessitans ... This is Empyema ... Because Empyema ... Empyema necessitans ... Treatment of empyema
Complications of Gallstones - Cholelithiasis
1. Biliary colic
2. Cholecystitis
3. Mucocele
4. Empyema
5. Fistula
6. Perforation
7. Gallbladder carcinoma
8. Mirizzi's syndrome
9.
Empyema 5. ... Cholelithiasis #differential
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Empyema Necessitans ... This is Empyema ... Because Empyema ... @nickmmark #Empyema