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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
anteriorly in the left lung ... Sterptococcus pneumoniae ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #Lingula #SilhouetteSign
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... Diagnosis: • Lung ... TBNA or Surgical lung ... COP DDX: • CAP ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
community-onset pneumonia ... Shock Structural lung ... Community #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #CAP #Antibiotics ... #Coverage #Management
On a normal lateral chest film the silhouette of the left diaphragm 2- can be seen
bordered by the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... #RLL #Lateral #SilhouetteSign
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... — Optimize the MAP ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Criteria for stopping insulin drip in DKA:
Don't stop the drip until the following criteria are met
1)
ketoacidosis (anion ... gap < 10-12 mEq ... daily dose of long-acting ... #Management #DKA
Silhouette sign
This is a very important sign. It enables us to find subtle pathology and to
lingula of the left lung ... the air in the lung ... When there is a pneumonia ... Diagnosis #Pathophys #Radiology ... Silhouette #Sign #SilhouetteSign