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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... & Specificity Assess ... #Stewardship #ultrasound ... #management #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
emboli • Lung abscess ... Active: Symptomatic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... TB #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
emboli • Lung abscess ... Active: Symptomatic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Peritonsillar Abscess on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

A 19yo female presents with pain and fever. Based
Peritonsillar Abscess ... , which is the best ... management option ... #PTA #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #Clinical
Subungual Hematoma on POCUS

Q: This patient presented with thumb pain. What is your best management option?
Resolution:
management option ... management option ... Subungual #Hematoma #Fingernail ... Nailbed #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Clinical #Sagittal
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... medical and surgical management
Subungual Hematoma Anatomy on POCUS

- MATRIX (M)
- echogenic NAIL PLATE, including its ventral (VP) and its
Trephination is your best ... management option ... Subungual #Hematoma #Fingernail ... Nailbed #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Clinical #Diagram
Superficial Thrombophlebitis on Leg POCUS

This patient presents with leg pain. Which of the following is your
following is your best ... management option ... suggestive of abscess ... #POCUS #Calf #clinical ... #ultrasound