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POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... for the Use of Ultrasound ... in the Evaluation ... Algorithm #Ddxof #Lung ... #Pulmonary
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Heart Failure In CHF ... CHF also causes ... congestion the lungs ... therapy in chronic CHF ... #Pharmacology #CHF
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... The pulmonary vascular ... during a period of CHF ... Radiology #CXR #CHF
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... limitation, further evaluation ... LAMA: long-acting ... #Management #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... Ultrasound Findings ... pleura in severe cases ... sliding Pulmonary ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
transbronchial lung ... transbronchial lung ... cHP = chronic hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis; HRCT = high-resolution ... #pneumonitis #pulmonary
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... Causes: - Parenchyma ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF
COVID19 vs CHF on POCUS

Spot the difference. 2 pts presenting with nearly same symptoms. Left COVID
COVID19 vs CHF on ... pneumonia, right CHF ... lines due to other causes ... POCUS #Clinical #Lung ... #Ultrasound #SARSCoV2
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Management Checklist Evaluation ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... in cardiogenic pulmonary ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... #Checklist #CHF
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... • HRCT (high-resolution