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COVID-19 POCUS

96 yrs old, discharged 3 wks ago for CAP, treated with amox/clav then cefixime. Returns
Returns for dyspnea ... consolidation and likely effusion ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... #SARSCoV2 #Coronavirus
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
(MPE) - An Official ... ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... goals of assessing lung ... attributable to the MPE ... #MPE #Algorithm
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
protective equipment (PPE ... ) • Standard PPE ... Meticulous removal of PPE ... after removal of PPE ... pulmcrit via Internet Book
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
• formerly BOOP ... - Clinical manifestations ... History: cough, dyspnea ... Rare: pleural effusions ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Fibrinous septations in Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) - Lung POCUS
 • can be triggered by thoracenteses
Malignant Pleural Effusion ... (MPE) - Lung POCUS ... prospective e/o dyspnea ... #MPE #Lung #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Checklist for removing PPE, using a tear-away gown here (this type of gown is preferred)
Inside the
Checklist for removing PPE ... pulmcrit via Internet Book ... @iBookCC #PPE ... Doffing #Checklist #Management ... #COVID19 #SARSCoV2
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... (MPE) - An Official ... ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... goals of assessing lung ... attributable to the MPE
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... Exercise intolerance, dyspnea ... 6 months after PE ... lung scanning showing ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Checklist for removing PPE, using a gown with fixed neck ties.
Inside the patient room (or ante-room):
1.
Checklist for removing PPE ... pulmcrit via Internet Book ... @iBookCC #PPE ... Doffing #Checklist #Management ... #COVID19 #SARSCoV2
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
function tests - Ultrasound ... needed to exclude effusion ... uncertainty (e.g. vs PE ... nasal cannula for dyspnea ... Influenza #Checklist #Management