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Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
Focused POCUS Lung ... (FIGURE 1) 3. ... linear probe for pleural ... #Focused #POCUS ... diagnosis #covid19 #sarscov2
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
A-lines (parietal pleura ... due to thickened pleura ... severity Acute Respiratory ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
consider draining pleural ... steroids & NMB • Respiratory ... are happy lungs ... Algorithm #Extubation #CriticalCare ... #Management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
spared region has ... ml/kg is what has ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... #ards #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory
Complex Loculated Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS Ultrasound
22 month old with fever and respiratory failure.

MaimoUltrasound @MaimoUltrasound

#Complex
Effusion on Lung ... POCUS Ultrasound ... with fever and respiratory ... failure. ... #Effusion #Lung
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
with lung-rockets ... indicates anterior lung ... thickened, irregular pleural ... Hi-Res .mp4 version ... /11924/dyspnea-criticalcare-pulmonary-algorithm-pocus
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
Proposed Respiratory ... patients with COVID lung ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... called because “he ... chest drain on POCUS ... #pulmonary #respiratory ... #Chest #Lung
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... , inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... overload with heart failure ... #CriticalCare
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... failure (ie.. asthma ... failure (ie OHS ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management