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Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
Focused POCUS Lung ... pointed cephalad, acquire ... views of right lung ... Acquire and save ... #Focused #POCUS
Decision tree of FALLS-protocol (Fluid Administration Limited by Lung Sonography). Lung Ultrasound in the hemodynamic assessment
assessment of Shock ... then distributive shock ... , i.e. septic shock ... #CriticalCare #Shock ... #Fluids #POCUS
FALLS protocol - POCUS evaluation in shock

The FALLS-protocol is an ultrasound evaluation of patients with acute
FALLS protocol - POCUS ... evaluation in shock ... of the pleura, lungs ... according to Weil's shock ... FALLS #Protocol #Shock
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Common Causes of Shock ... HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK ... , traction for long ... CARDIOGENIC SHOCK ... • Consider intraaortic
Apical Approach Pericardiocentesis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical approach had best pocket + good distance away from lung
Pericardiocentesis on POCUS ... distance away from lung ... in vitals and shock ... Pericardiocentesis #POCUS
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS Protocol
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension
1. Parasternal Long Cardiac View
2. Apical Four-Chamber
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS ... Ultrasound in Shock ... Parasternal Long ... #RUSH #Exam #POCUS ... diagnosis #ultrasound #shock
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... Structural lung ... #Community #Acquired
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
Nosocomial or hospital acquired ... Presentation in septic shock ... Best evidence: long-term
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... array viewing the lung ... PoCUS demonstrates ... diagnosis of community-acquired ... #clinical #lung
Empyema on Lung Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

POCUS helped to identify pyothorax in this unstable patient
Empyema on Lung ... Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... ) POCUS helped ... patient with septic shock ... #Lung #Ultrasound