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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... disease or CHF) ... Abnormal physical findings ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... - Lung point ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... #findings
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... about imaging findings ... in interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Diagnosis Obesity ... Vasodilation Lung ... #HeartFailure #CHF ... #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
No pathological findings ... involvement, with “white lung ... structures help in the differential ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Generally affects long ... • Differentiate ... SickleCell #Disease #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
HAGL) • Imaging Findings ... HAGL) can be a cause ... Differential diagnosis ... GAGL): "Reverse J sign ... #diagnosis #msk
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diffuse Lung ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... → no signs of CXR ... #management #cardiology