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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Pulmonary #Clinical #CXR ... #ChestXRay
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
to the ED with fever ... A CXR is done. ... consistent w/ lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Cavitary
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
Year-Old Child 3-view ... 0.0015 mSv 1/14th CXRs ... 2-view chest 0.02 ... scan 6.2 mSv 310 CXRs ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Intervention: - Fevers ... hemorrhage • Treatment
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Red Flags: • Fever ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... History of cancer, lung
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
involvement, with “white lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #ARDS
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
latent TB s/p treatment ... is his original CXR ... Labeled CXR: ... Cavity #Cavitary #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Clinical
Elemental Mercury Pulmonary Embolism

#Mercury #Pulmonary #Embolism #Emboli #Lung #CXR #ChestXRay #XRay #radiology #clinical
Embolism #Emboli #Lung ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... are smaller and fewer ... supplying the lung ... Views of the upper ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
the chest the lung ... inferior part of the lung ... on the lateral view ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR