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Lancisi’s Sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

A 60-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea and weight gain. A
Severe Tricuspid ... A 60-year-old man ... the incompetent tricuspid ... valve during ventricular ... #Jugular #JVP #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... View (A5C) • SC Abdominal ... Orientations #Atlas #Map ... #Comparison #Table ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Replacement Heart Valves - Mechanical and Bioprosthetic
Mechanical Valves:
 • Ball and Cage Valves: Hufnagel Caged Ball
popular mechanical design ... Bioprosthetic #comparison ... #table #thoracic ... #cardiology
Small Bowel Obstruction
Visualized here are dilated loops of bowel as a result of SBO. One can
fecal material moving ... as the "piano sign ... ," and abdominal ... MD #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS
Air gap sign: loss of cardiac image during systole in Pneumopericardium
Interesting observation –loss of cardiac window
Air gap sign: loss ... cardiac image during ... Pneumopericardium #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #a4c #plax #pocus ... #airgap #sign
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
downsloping - Coving ... Disorders: • Hyperkalemia ... no P waves • Hypercalcemia ... precordial leads • May ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Clinically Significant Cardiovascular Drug-Drug Interactions With OTC Supplements and Herbal Products
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
 • Night-blooming
• Green tea, Ma-huang ... Licorice - Causes hypokalemia ... Bilberry, Danshen, Dong ... pharmacology #DDI #table ... #cardiology
Small Bowel Obstruction
These images were recorded from an elderly lady with abdominal pain and vomiting. Small
elderly lady with abdominal ... hyperechoic material moving ... of bowel (Tanga sign ... Ireland #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
CT abdomen if abdominal ... 24-48 h and ANC rising ... > 500 → may stop ... interventional radiology ... plasmapheresis Hypercalcemia
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This post will focus ... conditions that may ... and interpreted using ... consider intra-abdominal ... #Radiology #CTChest