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COVID-19 Patterns of Lung Findings on Chest CT
1. Reverse Halo Sign
2. ARDS
3. Crazy-Paving Pattern
4. Bilateral Peripheral
Lung Findings on Chest ... ARDS 3. ... Crazy-Paving Pattern ... Lung #Pulmonary #ChestCT ... #radiology #CTChest
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Pulmonary edema; ARDS ... tuberculosis Infectious ... ID_fellows #HIVAIDS ... #radiology
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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Crazy Paving on ... Chest CT • Thickened ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
Crazy Paving is ... pneumonia (COP/BOOP) - Infection ... heart failure, ARDS ... , AIP) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... spp, Atypical infection ... /- High res CT chest ... #HIVAIDS #workup
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
distress syndrome (ARDS ... , often with a crazy ... density with a crazy-paving ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
exsudate due to infection ... capillary leak like in ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... Change in clinical ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... one post op Cardiology ... change CV risk Chest
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... fungal stain of clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS