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POCUS Pleural Effusion #Clinical #EM #PCC #Radiology #POCUS #PleuralEffusion #Pleural #Effusion
POCUS Pleural Effusion ... Clinical #EM #PCC #Radiology ... #POCUS #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
diagnosis of Exudative Pleural ... Effusion in adults ... #Respiratory #PleuralEffusion ... Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Effusion ... pulmonary #im #radiology
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #Sagittal #PleuralEffusion
Ascites, pericardial effusion, and left pleural effusion on subcostal 4-chamber POCUS echocardiogram

Subcostal window in SLE patient.
, and left pleural ... 4-chamber POCUS ... , left pleural effusion ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #cardiology
On a lateral image of CXR effusion of > 75 ml could be visible- where there
lateral image of CXR effusion ... least 175 ml of pleural ... doc #Hidden #PleuralEffusion ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Radiology
Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
Pleural effusion ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Pleural ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion
 "Ultrasonography of the right hypochondrium visualizing a pleural effusion (asterisk)" - McMaster Textbook of Internal
visualizing a pleural ... effusion (asterisk ... Medicine #PleuralEffusion ... #Pulmonary #POCUS
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Chest Wall/Pleura ... Pneumothorax • Pleural ... Effusion ... • Muscular Injury ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
About
Pleural fluid It ... About 5 liters of pleural ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #CXR #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... effusions. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion