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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching ... case: you are called ... #pulmonary #respiratory ... #Chest #Lung
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
due to thickened pleura ... in severe cases ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential # ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung Empyema on ... patient has 3 courses ... #Empyema #POCUS ... complex #effusion #pleural ... #pulmonary #ultrasound
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... old calcified empyema ... treatment for pulmonary ... PCC #Radiology #CXR
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... bed has a significant ... In these cases comparison ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... Parapneumonic effusion; empyema ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... a prior CXR? ... injury to the lung ... large injury to lung ... Fr hemothorax/empyema
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
EMHighAK) and Brit Long ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung