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Central line placement: verifying wire placement on POCUS
Prior to dilation of a central vein. Confirm wire
Central line placement ... wire placement on POCUS ... dilation of a central ... wire #placement #pocus
Confirmation that central line is placed on the venous side by visualizing echogenic air bubbles in
Confirmation that central ... line is placed ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
Age Related Macular Degeneration: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Photoreceptor atrophy 
-> Extracellular debris (drusen) from RPE atrophy/metabolism
- Distorted central ... Distortion of lines ... grid of straight lines ... blind spots in central ... MacularDegeneration #pathophysiology
Corrigan's Pulse seen on Carotid / Jugular Ultrasound

You’re preparing to put in an IJ central line
to put in an IJ central ... line and you see ... AorticRegurgitation #Carotid #POCUS
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Echinococcus Life ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Lung Point in Pneumothorax

Lung ultrasound of a patient with SOB and chest pain after central line
chest pain after central ... line placement. ... #pneumothorax #POCUS
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Targeted Exam: Mental ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... (B-lines, lung ... Edema: Lasix + BP control
Saline Flush Central Line Confirmation on POCUS Echocardiogram
Central line in → Rapid flush → See bubbles
Saline Flush Central ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Central line in ... quickly - Use POCUS ... #Confirmation #POCUS
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Malaria - Plasmodium Life ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite