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Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... effusion - Reduced ... due to thickened pleura ... cases - Dynamic air ... effusion depending
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Innumerable, bilateral ... empyema - Air-fluid ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Spine sign: visualization of the vertebral bodies in the thoracic cavity above the diaphragm indicative of
Spine sign: visualization ... effusion. ... is obscured by air ... #Effusion #Pulmonary ... #Lung #Ultrasound
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... pleural effusions ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
breath or pleuritic chest ... update: small bilateral ... pleural effusion ... clinical #lung #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #BLines
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... a patient with signs ... of the stomach air ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Auto-immune attack on hair ... pain, pleural effusion ... on CXR • RA inflammation ... interstitial lung disease/pulmonary ... pathophysiology #signs
Hematocrit Sign on Lung POCUS
The hematocrit sign refers to the echogenic layering of material in a
echogenic layering of material ... in a pleural effusion ... due to exudative effusions ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #layering
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions abutting the pleura ... , air-bronchograms ... feeding vessel sign ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... drainage of an effusion