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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... Likelihood Ratio Step 1: ... Clinical Indication ... with a focused clinical ... Step 2: Pre-test
Approach to Neonatal Jaundice

Causes of pathologic hyperbilirubinemia can be classified as due to (1) increased bilirubin
classified as due to (1) ... bilirubin load (i.e., pre-hepatic ... Neonatal #Jaundice #Algorithm
Subtypes of Serum Proteins

Pre-albumin (Transthyretin)
Albumin
Globulins
 • Alpha-1: Alpha-1 antitrypsin, Serum amyloid A, Ceruloplasmin, Corticosteroid-binding globulin (Transcortin),
Serum Proteins Pre-albumin ... Globulins • Alpha-1: ... Alpha-1 antitrypsin ... Proteins #Subtypes #algorithm
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
ATN - 45% - Pre-renal ... mostly ATN and pre-renal ... Atheroemboli — 1% ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Pre and Post-Reduction on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Using #POCUS to identify an
Shoulder Dislocation Pre ... Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... ) Using #POCUS ... Here is a pre- & ... #Ultrasound #Cinical
Priority-based management algorithm for the undifferentiated patient in PEA arrest
PEA (no pulse by manual palp +
Priority-based management algorithm ... non-shockable rhythm) 1. ... Cardiac POCUS 3 ... A-line placement - POCUS ... #PEA #arrest #algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Evaluation Major Pre-Op ... Preop creatinine ... Preop creatinine ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical
Intubation Confirmation on POCUS

See the round, shadowing structures?
1. ET Tube in Trachea
2. NG Tube in Esophagus

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Confirmation on POCUS ... 1. ... #Confirmation #POCUS ... #ETT #Clinical
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
The algorithm below ... shows how pre-test ... infection of ~1/ ... infection of ~1/ ... higher (e.g. ~1/
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
spectrum, based on clinical ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Evaluation #Protocol #Algorithm