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Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung Empyema on ... Lung U/S shows complex ... #Empyema #POCUS ... #complex #effusion ... #pleural #pulmonary
Parapneumonic Empyema on Lung POCUS

Also note pleural effusion, air bronchograms, intraabdominal FF

Dr. Michael I. Prats @PratsEM

#Parapneumonic
on Lung POCUS ... Also note pleural ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound ... #complex #effusion ... #pleural
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Pleural Effusion ... on Lung POCUS ... U/S could be empyema ... #Pleural #Effusion ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... called because “he ... drain on POCUS ... effusion where ... #Lung
Large complex pleural effusion on Lung POCUS

Large complex pleural effusion as the etiology of this patient's
Large complex pleural ... effusion on Lung ... complex pleural ... #pleural #effusion ... #POCUS #lung #ultrasound
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... Lung ultrasound ... reveals what chest ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... #Effusion
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Interstitial lung ... Defect ** • Atrial ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural ... Abnormalities • Chest
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... area of the left lung ... old calcified empyema ... , hemothorax, and ... of oil into the pleural
Clotted Hemothorax on POCUS
Clotted blood that enters the pleural cavity is exposed to motion of the
Clotted Hemothorax ... on POCUS Clotted ... the diaphragm, lungs ... #pleural #effusion ... blood #ultrasound #complex
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
complex • Nodular ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... effusion; empyema ... complex, P.jirovecii