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37 Cards in this Set
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Radiolucent description |
Dark pattern, air |
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Radiolucent Dx |
Normal for lungs |
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Radiodense/opacity description |
Whit pattern, solid, fluid |
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Radiodense/opacity Dx |
Normal for bones, organs |
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Infiltrate description |
Any ill-defined radiodensity |
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Infiltrate Dx |
Atelectasis |
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Consolidation description |
Solid white area |
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Consolidation Dx |
PNA/pleural effusion |
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Hyperlucency description |
Extrapulmonary air |
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Hyperlucency Dx |
COPD, asthma attack, PNO |
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Vascular markings description |
Lymphatics, vessels, lung tissue |
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Vascular markings Dx |
Increased with CHF absent with PNO |
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Diffuse description |
Spread throughout |
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Diffuse Dx |
Atelectasis/pneumonia |
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Opaque description |
Fluid, solid |
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Opaque Dx |
Consolidation |
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Pulmonary edema term |
Fluffy infiltrates butterfly pattern batwing pattern |
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Pulmonary edema description |
Diffuse whiteness Infiltrate in shape of butterfly |
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Pulmonary Tx |
Diuretics Digitalis Digoxin Digoxin |
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Atelectasis term |
Patchy infiltrates Plate like infiltrates Crowded pulmonary vessels Crowded air bronchograms |
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Atelectasis description |
Scattered densities Thin-layered densities |
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Atelectasis treatment |
Lung expansion therapy •SMI •Ippb •CPAP •Peep |
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ARDS or IRDS TERM |
Ground glass appearance Honeycomb pattern Diffuse bilateral radiopacity |
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ARDS/IRDS DESCRIPTION |
Reticulogranular Reticulonodular |
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ARDS/IRDS Tx |
O2 Low VT or PIP CPAP PEEP |
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Pleural effusion terminology |
Blunting/ obliteration of costophrenic angle Basilur infiltrates with meniscus Concave Superior interface/border |
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Pleural effusion description |
Fluid level on affected side Possible mediastinal shift to an affected side |
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Pleural effusion Tx |
Thoracentesis Chest tube Antibiotics Steroids |
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PNA term |
Air bronchogram |
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PNA description |
Increased density from consolidation and atelectasis |
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PNA Tx |
ABX |
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P.E. term |
Peripheral wedge-shaped infiltrate |
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P.E. description |
May be normal |
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P.E. Tx |
Heparin Streptokinase |
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T.B. term |
Cavity formation |
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T.B. description |
Often in upper lobes |
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T.B. Tx |
Antitubecular agents |
