18 results
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... most common) Clinical ... #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Lung-Cardiac Point ... in pneumothorax-related ... LungPoint #POCUS #clinical ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
There is a lung ... is a possible diagnosis ... airways leading to pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Absent Lung Sliding in Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

24yo F pleuritic chest pain.  No history of
Absent Lung Sliding ... What’s the diagnosis ... #Pneumothorax #Lung ... #POCUS #pulmonary ... #clinical
Double Lung Point seen in a Small Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

Young male with stab wound to
Double Lung Point ... Upright CXR normal ... Double lung point ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Pulmonary
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... involvement, with “white lung ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Lung Point in Pneumothorax - Lung POCUS
When looking for lung sliding you should make the image
Lung Point in Pneumothorax ... you can also see absence ... #LungPoint #Pneumothorax ... #Pulmonary #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
BNP/NT-proBNP, d-dimer ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... level and high D-dimer ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Reduced Lung Sliding in the setting of COPD Exacerbation and Hyperinflation
60 yo w SOB and hypoxia.
appreciate, making pneumothorax ... point sign, hyperinflation ... Remember not all absent ... #lungsliding #pulmonary ... #clinical #ultrasound