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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Anion gap? ... : Anion Gap (AG ... of High Anion Gap ... Gap Metabolic acidosis
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
An acute reticular ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial ... #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Causes of High-anion ... Gap and Non-anion ... Causes of High-anion ... Gap Acidosis: ... of Non-anion Gap
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
This was an acute ... caused by Streptcoccus ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #RadiologyAssistant
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
caused by Sterptococcus ... pneumoniae. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar consolidation
The most common presentation of consolidation is lobar or segmental.
The most common diagnosis is lobar
diagnosis is lobar pneumonia ... table lists the differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Pulmonary Diseases - Pneumonia ... - Nodular - Acute ... Pulmonary #Diseases #Radiology ... Patterns #Lung #CXR ... XRay #ChestCT #Differential
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
between acute consolidation ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Consolidation #Acute ... #RadiologyAssistant
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
summarizes the causes ... vessels #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #HilarEnlargement ... #Enlargement #Differential ... Unilateral #Bilateral #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... caused by streptococcus ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant