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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Pneumothorax - Effusion ... #Diseases #Radiology ... Patterns #Lung #CXR ... XRay #ChestCT #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria for diagnosis ... Exudative Pleural Effusion ... #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... #im #radiology
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Differential Diagnosis ... and Evaluation ... , liver, renal disease ... #EM #IM #Nephro ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Differential Diagnosis ... of Hypoglycemia Evaluation ... Infectious workup: CXR ... #EM #IM #Hypoglycemia ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis of Pericardial Effusion #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Cardiology #Pericardial #Effusion #Differential #Algorithm #Incidence #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Cardiology ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Incidence #Ddxof
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Diagnosis • ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial effusion ... • CXR rotation ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
• Pleural effusion ... Parapneumonic effusion ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT ... #radiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... Stable Angina • Acute
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Echocardiographic Evaluation ... for pericardial effusion ... PH (left heart disease ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... Echocardiography #diagnosis
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... patients, who have an acute ... chronic heart disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR