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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Pneumothorax - Effusion ... Glass Opacity - Chronic ... #Diseases #Radiology ... #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Chronic ... • Diffuse Lung ... Lung Infection ... RHF #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... like acute or chronic ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... nodular interstitial lung ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... edema - Large effusion ... patients With chronic ... #Cardiogenic #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Management
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
ventilation to perfusion ... Therefore, conditions caused ... apices caused by ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
*Chronic HFrEF may ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Sporadic cases ... small pleural effusions ... ) - Chronic ... presentation of TB, lung ... patients with chronic
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... symptoms are not caused ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea