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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Pulmonary teaching ... - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical ... #Chest #Lung
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
• DDx: Empyema ... , malignant effusions ... #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
old calcified empyema ... treatment for pulmonary ... of oil into the pleural ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... edema, bilateral pleural ... effusions). 1/5 ... → no signs of CXR
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... Are all six of the ... since a prior CXR ... Fr hemothorax/empyema ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
effusion). ... position Obstructive lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... There is pleural ... All these findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
In daily clinical ... be present at all ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... disease b) CHF ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary