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Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
Focused POCUS Lung ... pointed cephalad, acquire ... views of right lung ... Acquire and save ... #Focused #POCUS
An evidence-based algorithm to guide the use of MRSA coverage (in community acquired pneumonia) is shown
the use of MRSA coverage ... (in community acquired ... - MRSA coverage ... Pneumonia #Algorithm #CAP ... #Community #Acquired
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
pneumonia Atypical coverage ... Shock Structural lung ... ) MRSA coverage ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #CAP
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Processes (> 90%): • Acquired ... heart disease: CAD ... Channelopathies: Long ... polymorphic VT* • Acquired ... long QT syndrome
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... MRSA: Add MRSA coverage ... Aeruginosa: Add coverage ... Pulmonary #Community #Acquired
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Nosocomial or hospital acquired ... Broad-spectrum coverage ... Management Repeat tap ... Best evidence: long-term
Fibrinous septations in Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) - Lung POCUS
 • can be triggered by thoracenteses
Effusion (MPE) - Lung ... POCUScan be ... adhesions • can ... Effusion #MPE #Lung ... #POCUS #clinical
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
19 Findings on Lung ... patients; A lines can ... uneven B lines can ... GrauSegura #COVID19 #Lung ... #ultrasound #POCUS
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
• LDH assays can ... cell enzymes - Acquired ... Prosthetic valves Lung ... Pneumonia • Other lung ... Myopathies (inherited, acquired
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
OXYGEN • Low PATM Can ... PH20 47 mm Hg in average ... : Interstitial lung ... ventilation (V) in the lungs ... bypassing the lungs