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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... History of cancer, lung
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Chronic Pediatric Cough ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... / CT Scan ... / CT Scan: ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... dyspnea, productive cough ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... seen • Chest CT
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
skin (esp. over areas ... friction rub audible Lungs ... pleural effusion on CXR ... cause interstitial lung ... Dyspnea + dry cough
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

This
patient with fever, cough ... multifocal pneumonia on CXR ... /CT imaging. ... photo #ultrasound #lung
Pneumonia on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Haitian woman fever, cough & this clip => PNA &
Haitian woman fever, cough ... No CXR (machine ... hole of “truth” (CT ... POCUS #Clinical #Lung
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... Physical stigmata of cor ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
formation may create ... Sometimes a CT is ... fracture from a lung ... Notice the large lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(LR + 1.9) • Cough ... Uremia (blood urea ... radiograph or CT ... Yield of blood CX
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
Carcinoma of the Lung ... base of the right lung ... that were in his breast ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #