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Focused Lung Assessment: Transducer positions for the 8 lung zones #EM #Radiology #PCC #POCUS #Focused #Lung
Focused Lung Assessment ... positions for the 8 lung ... EM #Radiology #PCC ... POCUS #Focused #Lung ... #Positioning #ALiEM
Pediatric Fever Without a Source - 3 months to 3 years - Additional Workup Beyond Urine
Pediatric Fever ... Conjugate Vaccines (PCV ... Peds #EM #Workup #Algorithm ... #PCV #PneumococcalConjugateVaccines ... #NoUTI #ALiEM
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
EM #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #ALines ... #ALiEM
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... brown sputum, fever ... , arthralgias, CV ... #Eosinophilic #Lung ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
EM #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #Sagittal ... PleuralEffusion #ALiEM
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
EM #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #Sagittal ... #Pneumonia #ALiEM
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: • 80% have fever ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... antibiotics once stable ... Intervention: - Fevers ... shows a small, stable
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
EM #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #BLines ... #ALiEM
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Classic triad (back pain + fever + neuro deficits) found in only
triad (back pain + fever ... Epidural #Abscess #Algorithm ... #ALiEM
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... metabolic equivalent able ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... unless prior heart/lung