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It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
chronic consolidation ... - Lung neoplasms ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Acute #Chronic
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... or chronic illness ... filling of the alveoli ... nodular interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Diffuse consolidation ... Look for other signs ... patients, who have an acute ... heart due to a chronic ... #CXR #Diffuse #
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... opacities, Unilateral consolidation ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
presentation - Acute ... (infiltrates, consolidation ... presentation of TB, lung ... is described as alveolar ... patients with chronic
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
dyspnoe due to acute ... The following signs ... with perihilar consolidations ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... lack lung rales ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... CXR congestion.
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Nasal polyps and signs ... Physical stigmata of cor ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
can "recruit" alveoli ... in obstructive lung ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... on chronic resp ... #indications #criticalcare
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs