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Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
and Cardiac Ultrasound ... Select phased-array probe ... With probe marker ... Consider linear probe ... diagnosis #covid19 #sarscov2
COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
difference - decrease lung ... compression - ... 5 #proning #prone ... awake #covid19 #sarscov2
COVID-19 Lung POCUS

Pt with COVID admitted with nearly normal EF, troponin increase with repeat normal ECG
COVID-19 Lung POCUS ... My guess: viral ... POCUS #Clinical #Lung ... #Ultrasound #SARSCoV2
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
Chest X-ray - Lung ... ultrasound (thorough ... RSV, and other viral ... schema #Diagnosis #SARSCoV2
Lung POCUS: Irregular, thickened pleural line with diffuse B-lines and subpleural consolidation.  Seen in viral
Lung POCUS: Irregular ... Seen in viral (including ... Curvilinear probe ... #Pneumonia #Lung ... POCUS #Pulmonary #Ultrasound
Lung POCUS: Irregular pleural line with patchy B-lines. Seen in viral (including COVID19) and bacterial pneumonia.
Lung POCUS: Irregular ... Seen in viral (including ... Linear probe used ... #Pneumonia #Lung ... POCUS #Pulmonary #Ultrasound
Lung POCUS: Irregular pleural line with B-lines.  Subpleural consolidation better seen with linear probe.

Dr. Robert
Lung POCUS: Irregular ... seen with linear probe ... Pleural #Lines #Viral ... #Pneumonia #Lung ... POCUS #Pulmonary #Ultrasound
Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of
Point of Care Ultrasound ... - Probe Movements ... short axis, to long ... COMPRESSION: E.g ... Movements #Motion #Ultrasound
POCUS Ultrasound Probe Movement Nomenclature / Terminology
Fan - Motion in the short axis of the probe
POCUS Ultrasound ... 90° Pressure / Compression ... into the body. compression ... Motion in the long ... target #POCUS #Ultrasound