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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #causes
Lung Ultrasound in COVID 19 symptoms and a history of heart failure

FAMUS @FAMUSultrasound

#Lung #Ultrasound #COVID19 #POCUS
Lung Ultrasound ... COVID 19 symptoms and ... #Ultrasound #COVID19 ... #POCUS #CHF #Comparison ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis of CHF - Visual Abstract
What is the accuracy of combined Lung Ultrasound
of CHF - Visual ... Lung Ultrasound: ... 20.9 - LR- 0.07 CXR ... podcast/integrated-lung-ultrasound-for-acute-decompensated ... #ultrasound #CHF
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... the lung. ... with signs of CHF ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Pleural #
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... Possible small plural effusion ... pleura in severe cases ... Possible bilateral effusion ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
CHF also causes ... congestion the lungs ... and venous circulation ... sympathetic system and ... #Pharmacology #CHF
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
causes distension ... the lung bases ... during a period of CHF ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Cephalization
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR ... endomyocardial biopsy Pharmacology
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
the chest the lung ... pericardial fat or effusion ... This causes a density ... many chest x-rays and ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... • CXR • CBC ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm