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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... patients, who have an acute ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... Identification of onset (acute ... volume status (edema ... Medical history (cardiac ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Causes include: ... cardiac disease ... neck veins, • Absence ... ischemic changes CXR ... use causing non-cardiogenic
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Management Checklist Evaluation ... pulmonary edema ... drained if causing acute ... pulmonary edema ... #Checklist #CHF
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Manage chronic cardiac ... HF, Cardiogenic ... precipitating agent ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Pumonary cardiogenic ... edema - filling ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
un lymphatic Diagnostic ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... CXR congestion. ... Consider cardiac ... #heartfailure #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... are excellent at evaluating ... is essentially Cardiogenic ... the determined cause ... #heartfailure #chf
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
output because of cardiac ... results in decreased cardiac ... pulmonary disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... May have typical HF ... orthopnea, PND, LE edema ... Minority of Pts: cardiogenic ... and timing with Cardio-OB