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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... , inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... detected on CT or CXR ... pneumonia and are
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
In the proper clinical ... weight loss or long ... This was an acute ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
differentiate between acute ... Neoplasm with lobar ... - Lung neoplasms ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... week of a known clinical ... - Bilateral ... pleural effusions, lobar ... collapse, lung
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
confirmed on the lateral ... , because they are ... the opposite #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... chronic illness, clinical ... Lobar pneumonia ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Radiology #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... gallop rhythm), and laterally ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... → no signs of CXR
On the left a patient with ARDS. 
There is alveolar edema in both lungs. 
Notice that
a patient with ARDS ... edema in both lungs ... the upper lobes are ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ARDS #Alveolar
Left upper lobe atelectasis
What are the findings?
 - Minimal volume loss with elevation of the left
atelectasis What are ... left upper lobe #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL # ... Lobar #Collapse
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
areas where the lung ... these borders lung-soft ... we will discuss later ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR