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Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
Interventional bronchoscopic ... and surgical treatments ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... are approved for clinical ... the effects of bronchoscopic
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... evolve over weeks to ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Malignant Bone Tumors: Pathogenesis of X-ray appearance

 • Metastatic bone tumors (aka. cancerous cells from systemic
that metastasized to ... • Lung. thvroid ... lesions that look darker ... Signs/Symptoms: ... BoneTumors #Malignant #Radiology
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Feeding Vessel Sign ... infarction, mets to ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
Halo Sign on Chest ... sarcoidosis, mets to ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
findings, but two ... aortic knob/aortic-pulmonary ... and the calcium sign ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
Lung Findings on ... swelling, secretions, tumor ... take a history to ... words louder #Lung ... PhysicalExam #diagnosis #signs
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
shows a silhouette sign ... anteriorly in the left lung ... consolidation due to ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... involvement, with “white lung ... differential diagnosis of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... This makes it difficult ... visible wall #CXR ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology