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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural Effusion ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Noninfectious: • Malignancy ... • Pulmonary embolism ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis
RV Thrombus on POCUS Echocardiogram in a patient with Pulmonary Embolism

It's a little fuzzy but if
RV Thrombus on POCUS ... a patient with Pulmonary ... this parasternal long ... #PulmonaryEmbolism ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... known or suspected malignant ... pleural effusion ... Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... goals of assessing lung
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
diameter are called lung ... associated with lung ... malignancy, clinical ... Management options ... a diagnosis of lung
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung ... or pulmonary angiography
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
DDx: Empyema, malignant ... effusions, post-talc ... Pleura #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... lung scanning showing ... Vessels Thrombi ... Vessels Thrombi ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... Hantavirus • Malignant ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... : pleural effusion ... Disease #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... Renal Syndromes ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... sparing of the lung ... differential #diagnosis #management