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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
i.e. cancer) • Dyspnea ... (underlying lung ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... History of cancer, lung
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis of CHF - Visual Abstract
What is the accuracy of combined Lung Ultrasound
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis ... accuracy of combined Lung ... department with acute dyspnea ... Lung Ultrasound: ... 20.9 - LR- 0.07 CXR
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
friction rub audible Lungs ... extravasation -> Dyspnea ... pleural effusion on CXR ... cause interstitial lung ... mechanism unknown) -> Dyspnea
COVID-19 POCUS

96 yrs old, discharged 3 wks ago for CAP, treated with amox/clav then cefixime. Returns
Returns for dyspnea ... CXR with consolidation ... POCUS #Clinical #Lung
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Necrosis of lung ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
The chest tube is in good position, but the stomach is not! The reason your patient
portion of the left lung ... , leading to dyspnea ... Clinical #EM #Trauma #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms: dyspnea ... paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... → no signs of CXR
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... History: cough, dyspnea ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Diagnosis: • Lung ... TBNA or Surgical 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
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR