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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Cough #Differential ... #causes
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Differential Diagnosis ... and Evaluation ... onset (acute vs. chronic ... #EM #IM #Nephro ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... dyspnea, productive cough ... Blood cultures • CXR ... Clindamycin in case
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Based on the images ... a patient with cough ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases ... can be suspected based ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... non-productive cough ... dealing with the differential ... diagnosis of chronic ... #CXR #Peripheral
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
these terms are based ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
On a chest X-ray ... bases. ... to confirm the diagnosis ... bases. ... attributed to chronic
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... cough • Hypoxia ... in the adjacent lung ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Asian countries (1 case ... granulomas within the lungs ... symptoms are not caused ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea, cough