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Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
evaluation - Chest ... X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... - CBC with differential ... Care @iBookCC ... #COVID19 #algorithm
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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opacities are scattered ... throughout the lungs ... inhalational injury Differential ... #Radiology #differential ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
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In the differential ... the surrounding lung ... honeycomb cysts are ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
caused by a rigid chest ... cage may result ... pulmonary edema in acute ... #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #pharmacology
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... idiopathic lung ... indistinguishable from acute ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung ... events or death (CARP
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... fibrotic changes are ... throughout the whole lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest
Differential diagnosis of TB.
Primary TB: Acute bacterial pneumonia
Secondary TB: Sarcoidosis, Silicosis, Pneumoconiosis
Endobronchial spread of TB: Bronchopneumonia,
Differential diagnosis ... Primary TB: Acute ... TB the nodules are ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest