Answers 2024/2025
Pulmonary Edema - ANSWERSFluffy infiltrates
Butterfly pattern
Batwing pattern
(Diffuse whiteness, infiltrate in the shape of a butterfly)
O2, diuretics digitalis, dioxin - ANSWERSWhat is the treatment for pulmonary edema?
Atelectasis - ANSWERSPatchy infiltrates
Plate like infiltrates
Crowded pulmonary vessels
Crowded air bronchograms
(Scattered, thin layered densities)
Lung expansion therapy:
-SMI/IS
-IPPB
-CPAP
-PEEP - ANSWERSWhat is the treatment for atelectasis?
ARDS/IRDS - ANSWERSGround glass appearance
Honeycomb pattern
Diffuse bilateral radiopacity
(Reticulograndular, Reticulonodular)
, What is the treatment for ARDS/IRDS? - ANSWERSOxygen (increase FIO2 to 60% then add CPAP/PEEP)
Low Vt (6) or PIP
High PEEP
CPAP
Pleural Effusion - ANSWERSBlunting/obliteration of costophrenic angle
Basiliar infiltrates w/ meniscus
Concave superior interface border
(Fluid level on affected side, possible mediastinal shift away from affected side)
What is the treatment for Pleural Effusion. - ANSWERSThorcentesis
Chest tube (5th-7th intercostal space, midaxillary line)
Antibiotics
Steriods
Pneumonia - ANSWERSAir bronchogram
(Increased density from consolidation and atelectasis)
What is the treatment for Pneumonia? - ANSWERSAntibiotics
Pulmonary Embolism - ANSWERSPeripheral wedge shaped infiltrate
(Cxr maybe normal)
What is the treatment for pulmonary embolism? - ANSWERSHeparin (prevents)
Streptokinase (dissolves)
Tuberculosis (TB) - ANSWERSAntitubcular agents
Radiolucent - ANSWERSDark pattern