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Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
and Cardiac Ultrasound ... Exams in COVID- ... linear probe for pleural ... Assess gross LVSF ... #sarscov2 #protocol
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... known or suspected malignant ... goals of assessing lung ... hospital admission, removal ... #Malignant #Pleural
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS

Day 4 after COVID diagnosis. More cough & tiredness (very badly), still no
COVID-19 on Lung ... Day 4 after COVID ... badly), still no dyspnea ... more thickened pleural ... #ultrasound #pulmonary
Day 10 after COVID diagnosis. Less tired, but more cough, ageusia & anosmia. No dyspnea or
Day 10 after COVID ... No dyspnea or red ... lateral with thick pleural ... #clinical #lung ... #ultrasound #pulmonary
COVID-19 Lung POCUS 

This is a POCUS of a patient with COVID-19.
No prior pulmonary disease; had
COVID-19 Lung POCUS ... No prior pulmonary ... US: Irregular pleural ... Subpleural #Clinical #Lung ... #Ultrasound #SARSCoV2
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Abscess Management ... polyangiitis) • Malignancy ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Fibrinous septations in Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) - Lung POCUS
 • can be triggered by thoracenteses
Pleural Effusion ... (MPE) - Lung POCUS ... prospective e/o dyspnea ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #pulmonary
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... goals of assessing lung ... hospital admission, removal ... #Management #Pleural ... #Pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
with CTD, drugs, malignancy ... History: cough, dyspnea ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
abscess Primary ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... organ system: • Pleura ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy ... TB #Diagnosis #Management