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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Pneumothorax - Effusion ... - Congestive Cardiac ... Radiology #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT ... #Differential #
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Interstitial lung ... Abnormalities • Chest ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... , Beomycin • Acute ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Dz, Malignant effusion ... Diagnosis #Schema #Acute ... #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
granulomatous disorders ... elimination of CO2 & pH ... caused by a rigid chest ... pulmonary edema in acute ... #diseases #differential
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... • Interstitial lung ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Thickening/Masses Chest
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... IATROGENIC DISEASE ... Secondary to invasive cardiac ... metastatic spread: lung ... Complications of acute
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... • Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory ... • Chronic Lung
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Breast Leukemia Lung ... injury (e.g., cardiac ... injury Blunt chest ... Procainamide Metabolic disorders ... #Pericarditis #Differential