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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... evolve over weeks to ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
intervals deep to ... the near field #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
area of the left lung ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... pleural space to ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
dentition presents to ... already seen her PCP ... consistent w/ lung ... abscess #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... involvement, with “white lung ... differential diagnosis of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... allergy - Switch to ... #Abscess #pulmonary
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
There is a lung ... with a cystic lung ... pulmonary cyst ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
located cephalad to ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
located cephalad to ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR ... and Culture • CXR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... disease • Check CXR