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RV Strain in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

A patient is brought by EMS intubated and hypotensive.
RV Strain in Pulmonary ... your next step in management ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #ultrasound #DSign ... #AcutePE
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... Culture (+): Acute ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... #diagnosis #management
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... w/ septic pulmonary ... with multiple embolic ... Internet Book of Critical ... #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... to be in ADHF starts ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... with presence of pulmonary ... differential #algorithm #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... Inhalation of spores ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management