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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Right Ventricular Collapse ... Systolic Right Atrial Collapse ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Cardiac Tamponade with RV collapse.

Dr. J. Christian Fox @jchristianfox

#RVCollapse #Cardiac #Tamponade #PLAX #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical #Pericardial
Cardiac Tamponade ... with RV collapse ... jchristianfox #RVCollapse ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #PLAX #Echocardiogram
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Tamponade on POCUS

Parasternal long with some RV collapse explaining this cancer patient's
long with some RV collapse ... Effusion #Malignant #Cardiac ... #Tamponade #Echocardiogram
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
how the heart collapses ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Tamponade is paradoxical RV collapse during diastole. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if that’s happening by
paradoxical RV collapse ... better obviate the cardiac ... proving diastolic RV collapse ... #MMode #Cardiac ... Tamponade #PLAX #Echocardiogram
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
seen through the cardiac ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse
SCAI Pyramid of Cardiogenic Shock Classification
E - Extremis - A patient experiencing cardiac arrest with ongoing
Cardiogenic Shock Classification ... patient experiencing cardiac ... arrest with ongoing CPR ... Cardiogenic #Shock #Classification
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... CBC, aPTT, +/- CXR
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
: note L sided collapse ... POCUS #Cardiology #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Cardiac # ... Masked #LeftSided #Collapse
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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• Onset Hours Cardio ... CNS - Circuatory collapse ... 1 Gy = ~10,000 CXRs