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Plankton Sign on Lung POCUS
The plankton sign shows an effusion with swirling, hyperechoic debris

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#debris
Plankton Sign on ... sign shows an effusion ... #Sign #Lung #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #effusion
Plankton sign showing swirling fibrin strands in hemoperitoneum.

#Plankton #sign #hemoperitoneum #POCUS #Ultrasound #Clinical #Abdominal
Plankton sign showing ... #Plankton #sign ... hemoperitoneum #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Clinical #Abdominal
Plankton Sign in Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
Typically highly suggestive of hemothorax
In this patient:
  PH
Plankton Sign in ... Pleural Effusion ... #Sign #Pleural ... #clinical #hemothorax ... #ultrasound #lung
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... 50%): Pleurisy / effusion ... of hip (rare), Arthritis ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... knees, shoulders Signs ... nodules, joint effusions ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... Diagnosis: CLINICAL
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... acute HF → no signs
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... #management #signs
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
immune compromise Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... Abdominal or flank ... be present or signs ... ultrasound as initial
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Point of Care Ultrasound ... precede other signs ... Challenges: • PASSIVE ... response to the rapid infusion ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis
#POCUS clip in the RUQ with findings suggestive of a perforated viscus
-complex free fluid in Morrison's
right pleural effusion ... thoracic spine sign ... #ultrasound #pocus ... #abdominal #emergency ... #clinical