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Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... contusion Fracture ... places - Flail chest ... , pulmonary contusion ... chestxray #trauma #diagnosis
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
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Chest Trauma Complications ... Wall: • Rib Fractures ... • Flail Chest ... Esophageal Injury Lung ... : • Pulmonary
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
on a chest x-ray ... wall, a chest x-ray ... Pulmonary Contusion ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
Rib fractures on ... beyond a clinical diagnosis ... orient in line on long ... course based on chest ... completely replace x-ray
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... , cough, chest pain ... papules, nodules; anterior ... /posterior MSK,
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... diagnosis for absence ... acquired from the anterior ... chest wall (mid-clavicular ... clinical #ultrasound #pulmonary
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... change CV risk Chest ... X-ray: • Not ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis