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Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
Pleural Manometry ... Pressures and Pleural ... during therapeutic thoracentesis ... is removed by thoracentesis ... #differential #thoracentesis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
tuberculosis, Bacterial pneumonia ... , Cryptococcal pneumonia ... Aspergillus Pneumonia ... - 20% of pneumonias ... , pleural effusion
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
consolidation due to a pneumonia ... Sterptococcus pneumoniae ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumonia #Lingula
Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
to interpreting pleural ... #thoracentesis #
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... is interstitial pneumonia ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Interstitial #Pneumonia
Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
DharSaty #csf #pleural ... fluidanalysis #thoracentesis
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... lobar or segmental pneumonia ... an acute lobar pneumonia ... by Streptcoccus pneumoniae ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Aspiration of Purulent Fluid during Thoracentesis

Pus aspiration from an empyema, which defined as pus in the
Purulent Fluid during Thoracentesis ... as pus in the pleural ... complication of pneumonia ... Aspiration #Purulent #Thoracentesis
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Tachypnea - Normal CXR ... Bronchiolitis - CXR ... • Bacterial pneumonia ... - CXR Shows Diffuse ... Atypical or viral pneumonia