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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 ... But this ultrasound ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #SARSCoV2 #Coronavirus
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... History: cough, dyspnea ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Lung POCUS: Small right anechoic parapneumonic effusion. Note B-lines. Curvilinear probe used. More commonly seen in
parapneumonic effusion ... seen in bacterial pneumonia ... prelim reports of COVID19 ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary ... #Ultrasound #Clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Presentation: • Dyspnea ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... scanning or pulmonary
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
ultrasonographic features of COVID ... -19 pneumonia Lung ... - Pulmonary infiltrating ... alveolar interstitial syndrome ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
exudative pleural effusions ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Dyspnea 3. ... - Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... with presence of pulmonary ... acute coronary syndrome ... differential #algorithm #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... Usual interstitial pneumonia ... thickening or effusion ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
function tests - Ultrasound ... needed to exclude effusion ... nasal cannula for dyspnea ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... Influenza #Checklist #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... initiation Clinical ... infiltrates, pleural effusions ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management