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Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
POCUS When your ... effusion suspicious ... #POCUS #complex ... #effusion #pleural ... #pulmonary #ultrasound
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Obstruction • Aortic ... - Chest Wall/Pleura ... Effusion ... • Herpes Simplex
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Malignant Complex ... Pleural Effusion ... U/S could be empyema ... #Pleural #Effusion ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary
Plankton Sign on POCUS
Complex pleural effusion after CABG - plankton sign 
Plankton sign + , swirling
Complex pleural ... effusion after ... suggestive of hemothorax ... #clinical #pulmonary ... #effusion #pleural
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... pneumothorax • 28-32 Fr hemothorax ... /empyema • Smaller ... drainage of an effusion