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PseudoARDS-Effusion Pattern

PseudoARDS-effusion refers to a patient with bilateral infiltrates who seems to have ARDS, but whose
PseudoARDS-Effusion ... Pattern PseudoARDS-effusion ... Large effusions ... posterior layering of fluid ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Causes of Pleural Fluid Transudates and Exudates

#Pleural #Fluid #Effusion #Differential #Diagnosis #Transudative #Exudative #Pulmonary #Causes
Causes of Pleural Fluid ... Exudates #Pleural #Fluid ... #Effusion #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Transudative
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Criteria: - Pleural Fluid ... 0.5 - Pleural Fluid ... 0.6 - Pleural Fluid ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid ... Analysis Effusion ... Septic arthritis #Diagnosis ... Joint #Syonvial #Fluid ... #Effusion #Analysis
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... - Differential Diagnosis ... the hemorrhagic fluid ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid ... Viscosity of synovial fluid ... ; however, the diagnosis ... WBC < 50,000 #Diagnosis ... #Effusion #Analysis
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
Synovial Fluid Analysis ... nongonococcal ) #Diagnosis ... Joint #Syonvial #Fluid ... #Effusion #Analysis
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
in surrounding fluid ... good enough at diagnosing ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis Interpretation

Inflammatory arthritis:
 • Color: Yellow-> Green
 • Clarity: Opaque
 • Viscosity: Low
Knee Effusions - ... blood/synovial fluid ... rav7ks #Knee #Effusions ... Interpretation #diagnosis ... septic #joint #fluid
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
drain - What’s the diagnosis ... infected pleural effusion ... where purulent fluid ... pleural space, fluid ... of the pleural effusion