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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Radiographic Features ... Pneumonia - Atelectasis ... #Diseases #Radiology ... #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
Lung infarction ... PIOPED) study were atelectasis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism ... #Lung #Infarction
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
edema, severe ILD ... , pulm infarction ... non-obstructive atelectasis ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
When a rib fracture ... from a lung mass ... Notice the large lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture
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 ... characteristic features ... and quantiferon-gold ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
Lung infarction ... In pulmonar embolism ... Here we see an old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
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 ... characteristic features ... and quantiferon-gold ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Skin exam for infection ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... days before Pulmonary ... unless prior heart/lung
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... Case A 39-year-old ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary