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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... sweats, chills (infection ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging ... (CXR +/- High res ... CT chest scan), ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
- Lung neoplasms ... - Chronic post-infection ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... proteinaceous material ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Physical stigmata of cor ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... Laboratory: • ANA, RF, CCP ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
allopurinol), Infection ... Disease-specific testing ... , C3, C4, anti-CCP ... • CXR (diffuse ... high resolution chest
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... pneumonia • Chronic ... necrosis (7-14 days later ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
without contrast material ... without contrast material ... Tomography (CT) — Lung ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... lack lung rales ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... lung infections ... Clinical (Symptoms, Imaging ... #differential #
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
to heat (fires, heating ... pads, heating blankets ... cancers, including lung ... of the pustular material ... comparison #table #differential