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Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #Sagittal #PleuralEffusion ... #ALiEM
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #Sagittal #Pneumonia ... #ALiEM
COVID-19 Diagnostics In Context
Nucleic acid tests (NATs, for viral RNA)
1. Real time RT-PCR
2. Isothermal amplifcation
3. CRISPR
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Nucleic acid tests ... Real time RT-PCR ... generation sequencing (NGS ... sarscov2 #diagnosis #testing ... #pcr
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Galactomannan Testing ... Other +s: PCP, Histo ... Mucormycosis • Neg ... the use of this test ... Galactomannan #Fungal #Testing