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Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... can suggest the diagnosis ... The chest film shows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
sign which consists ... periphery of the lung ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #CriticalCare #
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... , CTA Chest, Echocardiogram ... #criticalcare
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... disease: Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... CT Lung Abscess ... treatment until the chest
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Most Common Causes ... Nasal polyps and signs ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
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 ... Chest x-ray: signs ... of CXR congestion ... #management #cardiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... symptoms are not caused ... e.g. incidental CXR ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... #Management #Signs
Esophageal Rupture with Gastric Contents seen on Lung Ultrasound
Middle aged patient with oesophageal Ca presents generally
Patient had CXR ... gastric contents in chest ... Diagnosis made at ... 5 minutes and CT ... contents within chest
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Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
tomography of the chest ... patient received a diagnosis ... bacterial infection caused ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
blood flow in the chest ... cardiac output causes ... precede other signs ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #