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Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... infections according ... to CT-scan patterns ... #Patterns #Pulmonary ... #Lung #Infections
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... failure, COPD, Lung ... CXR +/- High res CT ... and sputum cx (Bacterial
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... Pulmonary arterial ... arterial hypertension ... diseases - HIV infection ... Interstitial lung
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... involving both lungs ... Immunodeficiency 3) Infection ... (Bacterial, TB, ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT ... ) • Broncho-arterial ... cultures (sputum for bacteria
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Also known as: Lung ... bronchus • Chest CT ... endobronchial material ... aspirated foreign material ... • Calcified material
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... - Select Bacteria ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... consistent with pulmonary ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... by the ratio of arterial
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... • Anaerobic Bacteria ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Polo Mint Sign on Chest CT
 • Partial filling defect in a blood vessel surrounded by
Sign on Chest CT ... a rim contrast material ... in a CT angiogram ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical