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COVID-19 Signs and Symptoms at the time of Presentation

Fever
Myalgia
Headache
Rinorrhea
Sore Throat
Dyspnea
Chest Tightness
Cough
Sputum
Hemoptysis
Nausea/Vomiting
Diarrhea

Dr. Josh Farkas @pulmcrit via Internet
COVID-19 Signs and ... Sore Throat Dyspnea ... Chest Tightness ... #Diagnosis #Presentation ... #SARSCoV2 #EBM
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Thickening/Masses ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Pneumonia • ARDS
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
diagnosis. ... breath or pleuritic chest ... #Thickening #COVID19 ... clinical #lung #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #BLines
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
COVID-19 Findings ... line thickening ... patients with pulmonary ... #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Signs
COVID-19 Patterns of Lung Findings on Chest CT
1. Reverse Halo Sign
2. ARDS
3. Crazy-Paving Pattern
4. Bilateral Peripheral
COVID-19 Patterns ... Reverse Halo Sign ... ARDS 3. ... Patterns #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... sliding/barcode sign ... Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ultrasound #findings
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS

Day 4 after COVID diagnosis. More cough & tiredness (very badly), still no
diagnosis. ... badly), still no dyspnea ... more thickened pleural ... clinical #lung #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #BLines
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
extravasation -> Dyspnea ... interstitial lung disease/pulmonary ... mechanism unknown) -> Dyspnea ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... e.g., CXR, CT, ultrasound ... symptoms (e.g., dyspnea ... pain) and signs ... #Pulmonolary
Hemothorax on Lung POCUS with Spine Sign

GSW to left chest.  Perisplenic window focusing on lower
POCUS with Spine Sign ... Diagnosis? ... with large sub-pleural ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Pulmonary