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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Chest POCUS Pulmonary ... : EN is a rare complication ... effusion where ... #respiratory #Chest ... #Lung
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... : EN is a rare complication ... effusion where ... Fusobacterium Treatment ... #respiratory
COVID-19 Phenotypes - Implications for Respiratory Support Management

L Phenotype
 - Low Elastcnce (High Compliance)
 - Low
COVID-19 Phenotypes ... - Implications ... for Respiratory ... Support Management ... Low Ventilation Perfusion
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
old calcified empyema ... her history of treatment ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... of oil into the pleural ... PCC #Radiology #CXR
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
, Schnitzler) Complications ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... : pleural effusion ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... is within the pleura ... injury to the lung ... Fr hemothorax/empyema
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... 2 (or complete respiratory ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
organ system: • Pleura ... • GU system Complications ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
organ system: • Pleura ... • GU system Complications ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management