1991 results
Diagnostic approach to acute exacerbation in interstitial lung disease.  Abbreviation: ILD, interstitial lung disease; GGO,
in interstitial lung ... , interstitial lung ... glass opacity; CT, computed ... #Interstitial #Lung ... Disease #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
transbronchial lung ... transbronchial lung ... transbronchial lung ... high-resolution computed ... #pneumonitis #pulmonary
Ground Glass Opacities on Lung CT - Pathophysiology
Ground glass opacity lung is denser (whiter) than normal
Glass Opacities on Lung ... glass opacity lung ... whiter) than normal lung ... , but as compared ... #pulmonary #ChestCT
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Effect of Lung Recruitment ... strategy with lung ... titrated PEEP compared ... routine use of lung ... Postoperative #Pulmonary
Signet Ring Sign on Chest CT
 • Prominently dilated airway compared to its accompanying pulm vessel.
dilated airway compared ... Ring #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... 6 months after pulmonary ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... significant improvements compared
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
consistent with pulmonary ... radiograph or computed ... lobar collapse, lung ... collapse, or pulmonary
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
monitor cardiac & pulmonary ... Capnograph waveform is composed ... intubation, single lung ... patterns #diagnosis #pulmonary
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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in the 'black' lung ... as compared to ... the 'white' lung ... bronchiolitis or chronic pulmonary ... right with the pulmonary
Honeycombing is defined by the presence of small cystic spaces with irregularly thickened walls composed of
thickened walls composed ... and subpleural lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary