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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Flags: • Fever, night ... lung disease or CHF ... ) • Abnormal CXR
Management Algorithm for Confusion
- Substrate verification, glucose, oxygen checks
- Toxidrome present
- Focal findings on neurologic examination
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electrolytes, CXR ... UA), Advanced (might ... cranial CT, ABG, CSF
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
with signs of CHF ... first glance you might ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural #
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
during a period of CHF ... (right). ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Cephalization
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
cystic fibrosis (CF ... with asthma or CF ... structures in the right ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
81% for acute HF ... 5 pts w/ acute HF ... → no signs of CXR ... Electrocardiogram, Consider right ... #pharmacology #sCHF
Jones Fracture
 - More distal than your base 5MT fractures (and will also look a bit
look a bit not right ... on XR) - Intermetatarsal ... extension (cf.
Increased Anterior Posterior Diameter: Barrel chested appearance resulting from air trapping
that sometimes occurs with advanced COPD.
Xray on the right ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... XRay #APDiameter #CXR ... #Lateral #UCSDH
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
x-ray (left) and CHF ... perihilar haze (right ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #CHF #
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... Right ventricle ... a patient with CHF ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CHF ... #CXR #Features