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Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
The video shows ... missed by non-trauma ... by CXR, so use CT ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #trauma
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
over-utilizes CT ... patients and delays CT ... In critically injured ... , CT is a fantastically ... diagnostic step
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
The video shows ... missed by non-trauma ... by CXR, so use CT ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #trauma
Traumatic Patellar Fracture Injury

After direct trauma on the field.

3D CT Reconstruction prior to surgery seen here:
Patellar Fracture Injury ... After direct trauma ... the field. 3D CT ... Patellar #Fracture #Injury ... #clinical #video
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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diffuse inhalational injury ... Differential Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
Diagnosis/differential ... No blush on CT scan ... intra-abdominal injury ... on CT scan. ... FAST #Positive #trauma
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
was performed (Video ... airway lumen (Video ... A diagnosis of laryngocele ... #NEJM #clinical ... laryngoscope #radiology #CT
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... inflammatory lung injury ... be detected on CT ... cause such as trauma ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Tram Track Sign ... on Chest CT • Parallel ... #Track #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Hemothorax after Thoracentesis - Unfortunately, hemothorax developed shortly after the procedure (Panel B). Computed tomography and
angiography of the chest ... iatrogenic arterial injury ... embolization (Panel D) #Clinical ... Hemothorax #CXR #CT ... Thoracentesis #NEJM