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Lung Ultrasound: Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema vs ARDS
Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema:
 • Smooth pleural line
 • AIS >
Edema vs ARDS ... Edema: • Smooth ... edema / ARDS: ... UAlberta_Sono #APE #ARDS ... #pulmonary #edema
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Edema, Mucous Plugging ... Pneumothorax, Alveolar ... - Physiologic: ARDS ... , Diffuse Alveolar ... Edema, Alveolar
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
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another patient with alveolar ... edema at admission ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... #AlveolarEdema ... #RadiologyAssistant
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... ) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... Progressing to diffuse alveolar ... involvement, with “white lung ... oedema due to heart
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
(alveolar edema ... position Obstructive lung ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... #AlveolarEdema ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with ARDS. 
There is alveolar edema in both lungs. 
Notice that
a patient with ARDS ... There is alveolar ... edema in both lungs ... #Alveolar #Edema ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Filling of the alveolar ... spaces with pus, edema ... or interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
capillary leak like in ARDS ... #CTChest #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... #AlveolarEdema ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Cardiogenic pulmonary ... edema: bilateral ... Cardiogenic pulmonary ... edema. ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
: Atelectasis, ARDS ... Edema, Atelectasis ... , Obstructive Lung ... , Interstitial Lung ... #AA #Gradient #alveolar