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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pulmonary Embolism}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{17.67cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/siffi_1637006703_dreamstime_xxl_108468515.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{-Disruption of the flow of blood in the pulmonary artery due to a thrombus \newline - Part of a thrombus in the leg (DVT) breaks off and travels to the lungs \newline - Other causes = air, fat, tumour cells} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} 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cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pathology}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Can be multiple - lower lobes more affected} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Large ones obstruct pulmonary artery, smaller ones block peripheral arteries} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Impaired gas exchange occurs} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Mismatch in ventilation to perfusion ratio - dead space ventilation and hypoxemia} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Serotonin released - vasospasm and pulmonary flow further decreased} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Inflammatory mediators - alteration of lung surfactant - hypocapnia and respiratory 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\newline PE unlikely - 0-5/0-2 \newline PE likely - \textgreater{}6/\textgreater{}3} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{- Send to A\&E}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Anticoagulant: Heparin then oral anticoagulant therapy} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Prophylaxis in severe cases} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pneumonia}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{17.67cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/siffi_1637182717_pneumoa.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{- Acute inflammation of and around the alveolis and terminal bronchioles - neutrophils \newline - Oedema and inflammation consolidate the affected lobe \newline - Can be \seqsplit{bacterial/viral/fungal/parasitic}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{8.635 cm} x{8.635 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pathogens}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Viral:}} & {\bf{Bacterial:}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} - Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) & - Streptococcus pneumoniae \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Rhinovirus & - Haemophilis 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\seqsplit{Tachycardia/Tachypnoea} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Hx of neoplasm & - Chills \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} - Flu/GI symptoms & - Myalgia/arthralgia \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - \seqsplit{Tachycardia/Tachypnea} & - Fatigue \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} - Usually affects lungs bilaterally & - Headache \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & - Atypical pneumonia presents with GI and altered mental state \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & - Pleuretic chest pain \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{Both:}} Dull on percussion, chest expansion reduced unilaterally, crackles heard on auscultation (lung bases)} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{Sputum:}} 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\SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Sputum culture} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{Chest X-ray}} - can differentiate between viral and bacterial pneumonia} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- {\bf{Chest CT}} - if normal chest x-ray and high suspicion of pneumonia (+ve parenchymal defects)} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chest X-ray}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{17.67cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/siffi_1641494376_transfer-learning-exploits-chest-xray-to-diagnose-covid-19-pneumonia.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{Bacterial:}} \newline Alveolar infiltrates \newline Lobar consolidation \newline Nodular densities \newline Pleural effusion \newline {\bf{Viral:}} \newline Interstitial infiltrates - patchy and bilateral \newline X-ray usually unremarkable} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{8.635 cm} x{8.635 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Viral:}} & {\bf{Bacterial:}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Influenza:}} \seqsplit{Oseltamivir/preamivir/zanamivir} & \seqsplit{Fluoroquinolone/macrolide} and beta-lactam \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{RSV:}} Ribavirin & Stop smoking \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Parainfluenza:}} Ribavirin & Hydration \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{HSV:}} Acyclovir & Chest physical therapy \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Adenovirus:}} Ribavirin & Upright position \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Measles:}} Ribavirin & Nutrition \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{CMV:}} \seqsplit{Ganciclovir/foscarnet} & Bronchodilators \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{VZ:}} Acyclovir & Pulse oximetry monitoring \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DDx}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Any other type of pneumonia} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- \seqsplit{Bronchitis/Bronchiectasis/bronchiolitis}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Sarcoidosis} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Amyloidosis} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Pulmonary \seqsplit{oedema/hypertension/embolism/fibrosis}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Hyperreactive airway disease} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Aspiration of a foreign body} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Atelectasis} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Lung abscess} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Respiratory failure} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{{\bf{If in children consider:}} Asthma , Bronchiolitis, Croup, Respiratory distress syndrome, Epiglottitis as DDx} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{8.635 cm} x{8.635 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Prognosis}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Viral:}} & {\bf{Bacterial:}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} - Depends on virulence of the virus - hantavirus, SARS, MERS worse prognosis & - Age (\textgreater{}60 most at risk) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Immunocompromised patient - HIV worse prognosis & - Comorbidities \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} - Comorbidities (COPD, CHF, Diabetes, cancer, haematological dyscrasias increase risk of death and complications) & - Antibiotic resistance of bacteria \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Presence/absence of concomitant bacterial infection & - Type of bacteria - pseudomonas, staphylococcus aureus highest mortality \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Time between diagnosis and treatment} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{6.908 cm} x{10.362 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Complications}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Viral:}} & {\bf{Bacterial:}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} - Abscess & - Respiratory failure \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Empyema & - Sepsis/meningitis \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} - Pleural effusion & - Multiorgan failure \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Sepsis & - Coagulopathy \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} - Acute respiratory failure & - Exacerbation of preexisting conditions \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Cardiovascular collapse & - Lung fibrosis \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} - Multiorgan failure & - Destruction of lung parenchyma \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & - Necrotising pneumona \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & - Cavitation \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & - Empyema \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & - Lung abscess \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pleurisy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Localised chest pain} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Inflammation of the pleura} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Can be primary or secondary} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pleural anatomy}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{17.67cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/siffi_1641497189_maxresdefault.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{x{6.7353 cm} x{10.5347 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pleural anatomy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{- Visceral Pleura:}} & {\bf{- Parietal pleura}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} - Surrounds lung tissue & - Lines inner chest wall \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Single mesothelial cells & - Contains stomata which drains pleural fluid to lymphatic capillaries in connective tissue \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} - No connective tissue & - Innervated by intercostal nerves (sensory) + phrenic nerve \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Supplied by vagus nerve & - Sensitive to pain \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Both are supplied by the bronchial arteries \newline - Function is to allow frictionless movement between the chest wall and chest, helps expand the lung outwards during inspiration and prevents infection into the lungs \newline - A space inbetween the visceral and parietal pleura is where the pleural fluid lies (pleural cavity)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Causes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{-{\bf{ Hyperacute:}} \{\{nl\}\} - Pneumothorax \{\{nl\}\} - Acute coronary syndrome \{\{nl\}\} - Pulmonary emboli \{\{nl\}\} - Acute pericarditis \{\{nl\}\} - Chest wall trauma} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- {\bf{Acute:}} Viral and bacterial pneumonia} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- {\bf{Subacute/Chronic:}} \{\{nl\}\} - RA \{\{nl\}\} - Malignancy (Metastases, pleural lymphoma, fibrous tumour, angiosarcoma, pleuropulmonary blastoma, synovial sarcoma, mesothelioma) \{\{nl\}\} - Tuberculosis} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Presentation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Sharp and localised thoracic/shoulder pain} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Exacerbated by coughing, sneezing, chest wall/trunk movement} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Can be dull, achy, burning or "catching"} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Travel hx, alcohol use, tobacco/e-cig/drug use} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- +ve Friction rub in inspiration on auscultation (pericardial friction rub heard on both inspiration and expiration)} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Dullness to percussion} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Diminished breath sounds} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Vocal/tactile resonance} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Investigations}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- If pleurisy left sided {\bf{acute coronary syndrome should be ruled out}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- ECG, serum troponin} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Rule out acute pericarditis and aortic dissection} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Blood count, serum protein, albumin, lactate dehydrogenase, serum lipase (if acute pancreatitis suspected)} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Sample of pleural fluid if effusion present (pH, Glucose, cell count, lactate dehydrogenase, bacterial gram stain and cultures)} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Chest x-ray/CT} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Treat underlying cause} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Drainage of the fluid to relieve pressure on the lungs} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DDx}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Acute coronary syndrome} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Aortic dissection} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Pneumothorax} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Pericardial effusion/tamponade} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- PE} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Intrathoracic malignancies} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Infection in the lung} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Pericarditis} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Pleural Effusion}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Accumulation of fluid between parietal and visceral pleura (pleural cavity)} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Fluid maintained by oncotic and hydrostatic pressure and lymph drainage} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Pleural fluid can build up if one or more of the processes above is disturbed} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Causes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Fluid can be transudate and exudate} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- {\bf{Exudate if:}} \{\{nl\}\} - Fluid protein/serum protein ratio \textgreater{}0.5 \{\{nl\}\} - Lactate dehydrogenase(LDH)/serum LDH ratio \textgreater{}0.6 \{\{nl\}\} - Serum LDH \textgreater{}2/3 of upper limits of normal} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- {\bf{Exudate causes:}} Pulmonary infections, malignancy, inflammatory disorders (pancreatitis, lupus, RA, post-cardiac injury syndrome, chylothorax, haemothorax, benign asbestos pleural effusion) , PE, drug induced, post-radiotherapy, oesphageal rupture, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (increased hydrostatic pressure)} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- {\bf{Transudates:}} Congestive left heart failure, nephrotic syndrome, liver cirrhoris, hypoalbuminemia (disturbance of hydrostatic/oncotic pressure)} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Presentation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Usually asymptomatic} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Exertional breathlessness} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Fullness of intercostal spaces} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Dullness on percussion} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Decreased breath sounds on auscultation} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Decreased tactile and vocal fremitus} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Pleural rub} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Look for underlying causes} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Mediastinal shift (deviated trachea and apex beat)} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Investigations}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{17.67cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/siffi_1641503958_effusion-left.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{- Chest X-ray : Meniscus sign (fluid located in costophrenic angle) + mediastinal shift towards contralateral chest cavity, displacement of trachea ipsilaterally \newline - CT if malignancy \newline - Ultrasound of chest more sensitive \newline - Fluid analysis (pH, protein, albumin, LDH, glucose, cell count, gram stain, culture, cytology) \newline - Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) - Tuberculosis} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Addressing underlying cause} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Tube drainage + antibiotics} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DDx}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Congestive Heart Failure} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Diaphragm injury/paralysis} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Malignant mesothelioma} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Pneumonia} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Atelectasis} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Prognosis}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Depends on the cause} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 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% Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Oesophageal spasm/rupture} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Rib fracture} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Diaphragm injuries} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Investigations}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{17.67cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/siffi_1641506694_lightbox_8eec0f10642611e8bc150faf8b5845b3-Image-5.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{Chest X-ray/US/CT \newline Red arrows = radiolucent areas of pneumothorax \newline Yellow arrows = Displaced lung parenchyma} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Refer to GP if primary spontaneous} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- {\bf{Tension pneumothorax is considered a medical emergency send to A\&E}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{p{1.727 cm} p{1.727 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Prognosis}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Usually resolves on its own} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{17.67cm}}{- Can reoccur} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 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