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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Stable Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Interstitium • ILD ... • CHF • Sarcoidosis
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Here are the most ... patterns on a chest ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... comparison with old ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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bronchograms and ill-defined ... dealing with pulmonary ... like to look at old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... compared to the old ... redistribution of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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bronchiectasis, CF ... , ILD, necrotizing ... ABPA Kartagener's syndrome ... Sign #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... week of a known clinical ... be present on a chest ... the ARDS: - Mild
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
transudate like in CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... In this case a lung ... Here we see an old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis or LIP is uncommon, being seen mainly in patients with autoimmune disease, particularly
gren's syndrome, ... with Sjogren's syndrome ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LymphocyticInterstitialPneumonitis ... #LIP #ILD #RadiologyAssistant