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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary ... - Congestive Cardiac ... #Diseases #Radiology ... Patterns #Lung #CXR ... #Differential #Diagnosis
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
a dozen x-ray findings ... aortic knob/aortic-pulmonary ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
Consider BCx, CSF ... evaluation as 5 ... with CXR, obtain ... if findings of ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
- Oval Shaped Cardiac ... - Increased pulmonary ... GreatArteries #TGA #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Radiology ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
EKG in Acute Pulmonary ... is helpful in evaluating ... other causes of cardio-pulmonary ... Embolism #AcutePE #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
No pathological findings ... ) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... History - EKG findings ... #diagnosis #Algorithm ... #cardiology #Angina
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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Cardiac Findings ... dysfunction or pulmonary ... #Findings #Sarcoidosis ... #Cardiology #Involvement ... #diagnosis
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... about imaging findings ... based on the x-ray findings ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR