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Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Outline ALL bones ... cervical rib Check lung ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #radiology #diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... that fills the alveoli ... parenchyma resulting in fine ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
position Obstructive lung ... diseased areas of the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Shock - Management Checklist ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #CHF #Shock #Cardiogenic ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... In the lungs LV ... finally into the alveoli ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... be present at all ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... disease b) CHF ... algorithm to determine ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung