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Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Alberta Sono @UAlberta_Sono

#PLAX #Regional #Wall
Parasternal Long ... Axis (PLAX) View ... Anatomy on POCUS ... #Anatomy #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
due to thickened pleura ... bronchograms (atelectasis has ... severity Acute Respiratory ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching ... called because “he ... #pulmonary #respiratory ... #Chest #Lung
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
Wall Anatomy on ... apical 3-chamber has ... the parasternal long ... infero-lateral (As seen in PLAX ... #clinical #cardiology
Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
Upper lung zone ... coal) - Smoking related ... (centrilobular emphysema ... - Respiratory bronchiolitis ... edema #Diagnosis #Radiology
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
old calcified empyema ... Given her history ... treatment for pulmonary ... of oil into the pleural ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... injury to the lung ... large injury to lung ... Fr hemothorax/empyema
Metastatic Sarcoma causing Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
This 50 yo man had an aggressive sarcoma with cardiac
with cardiac and pulmonary ... P/w respiratory ... PratsEM Distorted anatomy ... effusion seen in region ... echocardiogram #plax