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Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
during therapeutic thoracentesis ... of re-expansion pulmonary ... is removed by thoracentesis ... diagnosis #management #pulmonary ... #differential #thoracentesis
"Appropriate thoracentesis approach"-McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine 

#Thoracentesis #Procedure #Pulmonary #Management #Needle #Positioning
"Appropriate thoracentesis ... Medicine #Thoracentesis ... #Procedure #Pulmonary
Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
to interpreting pleural ... #thoracentesis #
Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
DharSaty #csf #pleural ... fluidanalysis #thoracentesis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... A-lines (parietal pleura ... due to thickened pleura ... ) Cardiogenic Pulmonary ... lung sliding Pulmonary
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
the presence of pleural ... fissures. - If pleural ... - If there are pleural ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... redistribution of pulmonary ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... a superimposed pulmonay ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Characteristics of Important Exudative Pleural Effusions

#Exudative #Pleural #Effusions #Comparison #Table #Characteristics #Differential #Pulmonary
Important Exudative Pleural ... #Exudative #Pleural ... #Differential #Pulmonary
Algorithm for Suspected Tuberculous Pleural Effusion

Thoracentesis
 - AFB + Cultures
 - ADA
 - MTB-PCR

Dr. Udit Chaddha
Suspected Tuberculous Pleural ... Effusion Thoracentesis ... #Tuberculous #Pleural ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Pneumonia • Pulmonary ... Vasculature: • Pulmonary ... embolism • Pulmonary ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion