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Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... - CBC with differential ... diagnostics as clinically ... indicated (e.g. echocardiogram ... iBookCC #COVID19 #algorithm
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
Usually composed ... cancers, including lung ... , esophageal, breast ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... lack lung rales ... Chest x-ray: signs ... angiography (or coronary computed
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... X-ray and lung ... Phos), CBC with differential ... 60 mg q6 - Chronic ... monitoring (vital signs
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
HP (right) Differential ... throughout the whole lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #Comparison
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Signs of fibrosis ... mid and lower lung ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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as compared to ... bronchiolitis or chronic ... penicillamine) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Attenuation #Comparison
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
or fibrosis in chronic ... consider drug-related lung ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced