Haemoptysis
Pleural empyema
What is the cause of this abnormality?
Cough in a 33 year-old. What’s the diagnosis?
The Crashing Patient with Cardiac Tamponade…
Cardiac tamponade is compression of the chambers of the heart and impedance of venous return leading to decreased cardiac output.
What is the reason for this hemithorax white-out?
Adult with cough and fever. What is the likely diagnosis?
TB or not TB…that is the question
Does this patient have an exudative pleural effusion? The Rational Clinical Examination systematic review. Wilcox ME, Chong CA, Stanbrook MB, Tricco AC, Wong C, Straus SE. JAMA. 2014 Jun 18;311(23):2422-31. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.5552. “The diagnosis of an exudate was most accurate if cholesterol in the pleural fluid was greater than 55 mg/dL (LR range, 7.1-250), lactate […]
