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ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... Progressing to diffuse alveolar ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... Cardiogenic pulmonary ... demarcated secondary lobeles ... , superimposed inter ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
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another patient with alveolar ... distribution of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
interstitial opacities - Fine ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... fluid balance, and CXR ... with pulmonary ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
transudate like in CHF ... capillary leak like in ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Life threatening labile ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... → no signs of CXR ... Inhibitors and ARBs
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... filling of the alveoli ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
Stage III - Alveolar ... redistribution of the pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema