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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Differential/diagnosis ... RV, McConnell's sign ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology ... #McConnells #sign
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
) Day 2 - some pulmonary ... involvement, with “white lung ... structures help in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... inhalational injury Differential ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
the only way to detect ... bubble and the lung ... a patient with signs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Fevers and/or chills ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... #differential #
VSD on Newborn POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)
Term newborn presents with irritability and increased work of breathing. Bedside
resolution: Patient had signs ... copious B lines on lung ... ventricular #septal #defect ... Echocardiogram #pediatrics #clinical ... #cardiology #a4c
Polo Mint Sign on Chest CT
 • Partial filling defect in a blood vessel surrounded by
Polo Mint Sign on ... Partial filling defect ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
area of the left lung ... The differential ... treatment for pulmonary ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
is necessary to differentiate ... fracture from a lung ... Notice the large lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture