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COVID-19 Lung Ultrasound Algorithm

Intensive Care Society @ICS_updates

#Lung #Ultrasound #Algorithm #POCUS #COVID19 #SARSCOV2 #Diagnosis #Management
COVID-19 Lung Ultrasound ... ICS_updates #Lung ... Ultrasound #Algorithm #POCUS ... #COVID19 #SARSCOV2 ... #Diagnosis #Management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
spared region has ... neighboring region has ... ml/kg is what has ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #treatment
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
and Associated Lung ... Ultrasound Findings Pneumothorax ... bronchograms (atelectasis has ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Pulmonary Embolism, Pneumothorax ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... #treatment #criticalcare
COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
difference - decrease lung ... awake #covid19 #sarscov2 ... #management #treatment
Management of SIADH
Treat underlying cause:
 • Causes can include pain, primary lung pathology, post-operative phenomenon, medications,
Management of SIADH ... pain, primary lung ... patients to maintain long-term ... ADH receptor • Has ... hyponatremia #nephrology #treatment
Azithromycin - since there has been a lot of noise around chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, thought we can take
- since there has ... investigational treatments ... a long half-life ... #Coronavirus #Treatment ... #Management #Pharmacology
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
Pharmacological Treatment ... Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS ... Octreotide - Long-acting ... Syndrome #Nephrology #Management ... #Medications #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... : Hemoptysis, pneumothorax ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
False Lung Point on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Your patient is stable but has diminished breath
False Lung Point ... Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... is stable but has ... worried about pneumothorax ... #Point #POCUS #