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Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... densities iin the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old boy presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of
Cough- A 4-year-old ... outpatient clinic with ... see source for video ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #chest
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
effusions, lobar/lung ... present - Mild ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... Berlin #Definition #Criteria
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Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... X-ray and lung ... respiratory distress ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
neuroexam - Oral cavity ... one post op Cardiology ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... acute respiratory distress ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
tomography of the chest ... the use of video-assisted ... patient received a diagnosis ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
distress. ... Several of the diagnoses ... trauma are diagnosed ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary