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Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
replacing the air ... Is it pus, edema ... UIP, NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Air Bronchogram ... DDx: pna, pulm edema ... .2016.12.033 #Air ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
spaces with pus, edema ... the result of air ... or interstitial lung ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
tolerance, and ankle ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
caused by a rigid chest ... edema in acute ... edema • Metabolic ... -W237. 10.2214/AJR ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
In the lungs LV ... edema. ... pressure resulting in edema ... can be seen on a chest-film ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
position Obstructive lung ... consolidations and air ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... disease b) CHF ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung