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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria for diagnosis ... Exudative Pleural Effusion ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Effusion ... differential #ddxof #pulmonary
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Body • Pleural Effusion ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis - CAD ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
a patient who had ... CT to rule out pulmonary ... The diagnosis based ... was cardiogenic pulmonary ... SeptalThickening #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Heart failure - CAD ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Cyanosis in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Peripheral Only:
 • Poor Perfusion
 • Acrocyanosis
Hemoglobinopathy:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Only: • Poor Perfusion ... Total Anomalous Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... Pericarditis, CAD
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Complex Pleural Effusion ... Diagnosis? ... malignant pleural effusion ... Had known large ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary
Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
Pleural effusion ... Pulmonary edema ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis ... #Pleural #Effusion ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Here another patient who had valve-replacement.
Notice the large heart size.
There is redistribution of the pulmonary vessels
another patient who had ... redistribution of the pulmonary ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... PulmonaryEdema #RadiologyAssistant