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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Filling of the alveolar ... interstitium or alveolar ... filling of the alveoli ... or interstitial lung ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
- Lung neoplasms ... This is known as alveolar ... - Alveolar proteinosis ... filling of the alveoli ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... that fills the alveoli ... tissue of the lung ... of air in the alveoli ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
the air in the alveoli ... UIP, NSIP and long ... the air in the alveoli ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
areas where the lung ... The anterior and posterior ... anteriorly and posteriorly ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant ... ParaAorticLine #PAView #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
bubble and the lung ... with signs of CHF ... bubble to the lung ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... during a period of CHF ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced ... Lung Toxicity Summary ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... macrophages in alveolar ... #Induced #Lung
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
Stage III - Alveolar ... position Obstructive lung ... diseased areas of the lung ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
patients with chronic lung ... thyrotoxicosis • Long-term ... decompensated CHF ... anyway to improve CHF ... hours to work Amiodarone