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Focused Lung Assessment: Transducer positions for the 8 lung zones #EM #Radiology #PCC #POCUS #Focused #Lung
Focused Lung Assessment ... zones #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Focused ... #Lung #Transducer ... #Positioning #ALiEM
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
High altitude (eg ... : Interstitial lung ... ventilation (V) in the lungs ... bypassing the lungs ... shunting (eg, pulmonary
Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
Lung Ultrasound ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... #PICU #POCUS #Lung ... Technique #Zones #ALiEM
Electrical Alternans on POCUS Echocardiogram
You dissect the EKG and note low voltage tachycardia with a hint
Electrical Alternans on POCUS ... You dissect the EKG ... POCUS ECHO performed ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Echocardiogram #clinical #effusion
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... PleuralEffusion #ALiEM
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Possible small plural effusion ... pleura in severe cases ... Possible bilateral effusion ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... • Malignancy (e.g ... metastatic spread: lung ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
for Three Common Causes ... , traction for long ... Initiate judicious infusion ... of poor organ perfusion ... , and titrate infusion
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
field #Clinical #EM ... Radiology #PCC #POCUS ... #Lung #ALines # ... ALiEM
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
x-ray and and ECG ... In this case, the ... Michael Macias, EM ... University #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #POCUS