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Pneumoperitoneum - Free Air Reverberation Artifact - Abdominal A-Lines on POCUS

Don't just look for FF on
Pneumoperitoneum ... - Free Air Reverberation ... Free air is reverberation ... #FreeAir #Reverberation ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Free Air at the Peritoneal Line on POCUS

Chief Complaint: "my girl stabbed me"

Labeled Diagram: https://twitter.com/EUSmkh/status/752864010337415169

- Dr.
Free Air at the ... twitter.com/EUSmkh #FreeAir ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Trauma #Stabbing #pneumoperitoneum
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
with severe RUQ abdominal ... as shown in the case ... Pleural air would ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #Abdominal
Pneumoperitoneum on POCUS

Anechoic free fluid seen in the Morrison’s pouch; the article does show some clear
posterior to the air ... don't forget about air ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... MorrisonsPouch #abdominal ... #freeair
Pneumoperitoneum via Perforated Duodenal Ulcer- Free Air on Abdominal POCUS

Young patient with diffuse abdominal pain...don't let
Duodenal Ulcer- Free Air ... intraperitoneal air ... get fooled by lung ... Duodenal #Ulcer #FreeAir ... #ultrasound #clinical
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... Ultrasound Findings ... pleura in severe cases ... - Dynamic air ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
aldosterone Causes ... : Most Common Causes ... Adrenals: • Lung ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... axillary or pubic hair
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Auto-immune attack on hair ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung ... disease/pulmonary ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... inflammation Symptoms ... thickening, presence of air-fluid ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Bibasilar Atelectasis secondary to massive ascites

Finally, large volumes of intra-abdominal fluid can lead to elevated hemi-diaphragms-->bibasilar
volumes of intra-abdominal ... under-recognized cause ... optiflow 60% to room air ... #lung #clinical ... #pocus #ultrasound