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Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Sign on Chest CT ... pulmonary cavity • DDx ... #Monod #Sign #CT ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
Sign on Chest CT ... circumferential GGO • DDx ... #Halo #Sign #CT ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Sign on Chest CT ... • DDx: Septic ... #Vessel #Sign #CT ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... serious underlying dx ... refer + order CT ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Undifferentiated critical congenital heart disease: Patterns of Presentation 
Pink baby:
 • Presents at 1-6 mo
Undifferentiated critical ... BNP useful for dx ... L -> R shunt: PDA ... aortic stenosis • Ddx
IDSA Algorithm for the Initial Management of Fever and Neutropenia

LOW RISK
 • Antidpated neutropenia < 7
IDSA Algorithm for ... neutropenia < 7 days and clinically ... >7 days or • Clinically ... neutropenic #fever #IDSA ... #Algorithm #Management
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm ... fatigue despite clinical ... IBD Pearls: • IDA ... differentiate IDA ... modifications Algorithm
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Avg age of DX ... to 8 years Clinical ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... ) • Low serum IgA ... DDX - Other causes
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Density, Delay in CT ... Hounsfeld Units on CT ... High Plasma E2 + Clinical ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
have led to an algorithmic ... over-utilizes CT ... patients and delays CT ... trauma patients, CT ... prioritized as the critical