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COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical and laboratory testing
Lung Ultrasound
HRCT scan
In-hospital treatment
Severity assessment and respiratory support 
Post-mortem
COVID-19 Diagnosis ... and Management ... Summary Clinical ... laboratory testing Lung ... Ultrasound HRCT
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
COVID-19 on Lung ... bilateral pleural effusion ... #clinical #lung ... #ultrasound #pulmonary ... BLines #POCUS #Effusion
COVID-19 POCUS

96 yrs old, discharged 3 wks ago for CAP, treated with amox/clav then cefixime. Returns
consolidation and likely effusion ... But this ultrasound ... Test done: positive ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Lung #Ultrasound
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
used to treat pulmonary ... (pulmonary support ... oxygenator • Assess perfusion ... #ECMO #Basics #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Lung POCUS: Small right anechoic parapneumonic effusion. Note B-lines. Curvilinear probe used. More commonly seen in
Lung POCUS: Small ... parapneumonic effusion ... 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
absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... 10 minutes of rest ... on radioactive lung ... #treatment #hepatology
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
rest and recovery ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... #ards #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory ... #clinical
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
failure • Severe pulmonary ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... agglutination - test ... microbiology #diagnosis #treatment ... #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
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Liver function tests ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... edema - Large effusion ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... Revascularization, treatment