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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
disease or CHF) ... Abnormal physical findings ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... #Algorithm #causes
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
leading to increased pulmonary ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... the underlying cause ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... FINDINGS: • AAV ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... #management #treatment
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... about imaging findings ... in interstitial lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... multiple ill-defined masses ... The lab-findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... findings. ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... may aid in the diagnosis ... In this case, pulmonary ... confirmed with chest CT ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
pneumonia • formerly BOOP ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... #pulmonary #ILD ... #diagnosis #management
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
In the lungs LV ... disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features ... #Findings #Diagram