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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary ... or middle lobe collapse ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial effusion ... • CXR rotation ... #radiology
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria Medical ... Exudative Pleural Effusion ... differential #ddxof #pulmonary ... #im #radiology ... #clinical
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Loculated effusion ... - Pleural effusion ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... A subpulmonic effusion ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
has pericardial effusion ... Also had medial ... without RA/RV collapse ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #s4C
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
& lower airway collapse ... In CHF, decreases ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... secretions, altered mental ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
The pulmonary vascular ... In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Subpulmonic Effusion Explained - Rock of Gibraltar sign

Landsberg Manual @LandsbergManual - https://amzn.to/3rEtbK8

#Subpulmonic #Effusion #pathophysiology #clinical #pulmonary
Subpulmonic Effusion ... #Subpulmonic #Effusion ... pathophysiology #clinical ... #pulmonary #radiology ... #CXR
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... 70% of cases of CHF ... If pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... 81% for acute HF ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology