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Causes of Pleural Effusions
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #PleuralEffusions #Differential #Table #Transudative #Exudative
Diagnosis #Pulmonary #PleuralEffusions
Pleural Effusions
#Diagnosis #PleuralEffusion #Lights #Criteria #Transudative #Exudative #Cholesterol #Sensitivity #Specificity
Effusions #Diagnosis #PleuralEffusion
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
#Respiratory #PleuralEffusion
Lung Infections 
#pneumonitis #bronchitis #pleuritis #pleuraleffusion
bronchitis #pleuritis #pleuraleffusion
POCUS Pleural Effusion #Clinical #EM #PCC #Radiology #POCUS #PleuralEffusion #Pleural #Effusion
Radiology #POCUS #PleuralEffusion
On a lateral image of CXR effusion of > 75 ml could be visible- where there
doc #Hidden #PleuralEffusion
 "Ultrasonography of the right hypochondrium visualizing a pleural effusion (asterisk)" - McMaster Textbook of Internal
Medicine #PleuralEffusion
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Lung #Sagittal #PleuralEffusion
Posterior L chest scan…same patient. Explains all! Massive L effusion, empyema. Drained and later discharged from
Massive #Empyema #PleuralEffusion
In the hospital: minimal improvement with abx for CAP. Lung US to the rescue. Diagnostic thora;
Lung #Empyema #PleuralEffusion