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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
to interpreting pleural ... fluid analysis ... using Light's criteria ... #lights #criteria ... #algorithm #differential
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Criteria: - Pleural ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Lights #Criteria
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria ... Criteria for diagnosis ... of Exudative Pleural ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... #im #radiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... fluid. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... MultipleNodules #Nodules #Differential ... #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural opacities
The table lists the most common causes of pleural opacities #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Pleural
The table lists ... opacities #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Opacity #Plaques #Differential ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
fluid, lymphadenopathy ... bronchiectasis) #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... : The shift of fluid ... capillaries • Criteria ... fluid by rising
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
circulation or fluid ... interstitium and the pleural ... Right ventricle ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Findings #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant