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Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
Lung Ultrasound ... Midclavicular line ... Mid-axillary line ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... #PICU #POCUS #Lung
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
to the pleural line ... field #Clinical #EM ... Radiology #PCC #POCUS #Lung
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
Consider two grams ... Shock Structural lung ... Linezolid 1 st line
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
of myasthenia gravis ... of myasthenia gravis ... Used as first-line ... glaucoma • Has long
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
radiocapitellar line ... Splint: Posterior long ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
radiocapitellar line ... Splint: Posterior long ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
insufficiency - Rapid saline ... GBS, Myasthenia gravis ... or restrictive lung
#POCUS of the posterior lung bases in a (#covid19 negative) patient with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
the posterior lung ... irregular pleural line ... -lung rockets ... LUS #ultrasound #EM ... #emergency #lung
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
air bronchograms define ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
no matter how long ... of prosthetic graft ... : CTA is first-line