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Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... PleuralEffusion #ALiEM
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... bubble and the lung ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
intervals deep to the pleural ... the near field #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #ALines #ALiEM
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
arising from the pleural ... A-line pattern #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #BLines #ALiEM
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... edema, bilateral pleural ... effusions). 1/5 ... → no signs of CXR
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
effusion). ... position Obstructive lung ... diseased areas of the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
edema, and clear lungs ... pericarditis: (A) a dilated ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
- Parasternal long ... appearance of heart on CXR ... effusion in addition ... #clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #PLAX
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... EMHighAK) and Brit Long ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... #Lung #Pulmonary