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Causes of Pleural Effusions
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #PleuralEffusions #Differential #Table #Transudative #Exudative
Effusions #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Differential #Table #Transudative
Causes of Pleural Fluid Transudates and Exudates

#Pleural #Fluid #Effusion #Differential #Diagnosis #Transudative #Exudative #Pulmonary #Causes
Differential #Diagnosis #Transudative ... #Exudative #Pulmonary
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Diagnosis Algorithm Transudate ... Trapped lung Transudate ... • Myxedema Transudate ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... Pleural #Effusion #Pulmonary
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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Effusion: - Pulmonary ... , SLE) • Pulmonary ... Pancreatitis Transudative ... • (Early) Pulmonary ... Algorithm #Causes #Pulmonary
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
PleuralEffusion #Exudate #Transudate ... differential #ddxof #pulmonary
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
and other non-pulmonary ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... Pumonary cardiogenic ... the alveoli with transudate
Plankton Sign on POCUS
Complex pleural effusion after CABG - plankton sign 
Plankton sign + , swirling
and rules out transudate ... POCUS #clinical #pulmonary
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Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
the result of transudate ... CHF #Alveolar #Pulmonary
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
alveoli: - Water - transudate ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Pleural Effusion - Workup, Diagnostic Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural #Effusion #Transudative #Exudative #Differential #Algorithm
Pleural #Effusion #Transudative