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Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
lung segments to ... Sometimes the LLL ... the air in the LLL ... #clinical #radiology ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
surrounded by aerated lung ... but by the collapsed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #Lobar #Collapse
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... or multifocal ill-defined ... Atelectasis - collapse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... , inflammatory lung ... congestion with hypoxemia ... detected on CT or CXR ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
confirmed on the lateral ... the opposite #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... - Bilateral ... , lung collapse, ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... in the proper clinical ... densities iin the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Right middle lobe atelectasis
First study the x-rays and then continue reading.
What are the findings?
Blurring of the
as a result of collapse ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RML #MiddleLobe ... #Lobar #Collapse
A common finding in atelectasis of the right upper lobe is 'tenting' of the diafphragm (blue
metastases in both lungs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Lobar ... #Collapse #Tenting
There is a right lower lobe atelectasis.
Notice the abnormal right border of the heart.
The right interlobar
surrounded by aerated lung ... but by the collapsed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #MucousPlugging