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Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Differential Bilat ... : Pulmonary edema ... a lot of B lines ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
- Bilateral A-lines ... - Bilateral A-lines ... - Bilateral A-Lines ... #differential # ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Pneumonia on Lung Ultrasound looks like this: 
A-lines replaced by B-lines in an irregular stepladder appearance
like this: A-lines ... termed the Shred Sign ... #ShredSign #clinical ... #pocus #ultrasound ... #lung #pulmonary
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
abnormalities - Focal ... ill patients; A ... patients with pulmonary ... #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Signs
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
based on three lines ... Imaging evidence of a ... e.g., CXR, CT, ultrasound ... pain) and signs ... #Pneumonia #Venn
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... • CT: Halo sign ... Rapid onset of a ... : • Focal pneumonia ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
A-Lines vs B-Lines on Lung POCUS
A-Lines:
 • Predominately horizontal lines
 • A-lines are repeated horizontal &
on Lung POCUS ... edema, ARDS, pneumonia ... - MCW EM Ultrasound ... POCUS #pulmonary ... #clinical #comparison
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
evaluation - Chest ... X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... a-lines) - Nasopharyngeal ... - CBC with differential ... iBookCC #COVID19 #algorithm
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
BLUE-protocol combines signs ... BLUE #protocol #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #POCUS ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Ultrasound
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
to pleural line ... "lung point," a ... #clinical #lungcardiac ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #differential