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How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
up an ischemic CVA ... • Non-contrast CT ... NCCT) head (r/o hemorrhage ... Defined if 1) CT ... MRI-confirmed non-lacunar CVA
Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
deficit → Exclude hemorrhagic ... transformation by brain CT ... deficit → Exclude hemorrhagic ... transformation by brain CT ... #TIA #Stroke #CVA
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

Binocular vision loss - think cortical blindness, opt for CT/MRI
Monocular vision loss
Vitreous Hemorrhage ... on Ocular POCUS ... blindness, opt for CT ... problem, opt for POCUS ... #Ocular #POCUS
FAST - Cardiac Tamponade - Torn atrial appendage.
WCUME 2017 Submission for Best POCUS - Massive hemopericardium
Submission for Best POCUS ... - Sacramento, CA ... #Peds #Trauma #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #SC4C #Hemorrhagic ... Hemopericardium #Hemorrhage
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Computed Tomography (CT ... Computed Tomography (CT ... Computed Tomography (CT ... Tomography Angiography (CTA ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Pneumothorax, Alveolar Hemorrhage ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... , CTA Chest, Echocardiogram
Emphysematous Prostatitis - Radiography of the kidney, ureter, and bladder showed an atypical focus of gas
showed an atypical focus ... computed tomography (CT ... Clinical #Radiology #CT ... #Prostatitis #NEJM
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
Care UltraSound (POCUS ... ) to CT or MRI. ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... resolution chest CT
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
bruising in severe hemorrhagic ... , gallstones), CT ... biliary, stones), CTA ... if suspect hemorrhage