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Pacemaker Coding Terminology
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode #Coding #Classification #Table #CoreEM
Pacemaker Coding ... PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode ... #Coding #Classification
The first three letters refer to chamber paced, chamber sensed, and response to sensed events. The
PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode ... #Coding #Classification
Femoral Nerve Block under POCUS

Here's a femoral nerve block that was done on a 2-year-old with
Nerve Block under POCUS ... see the needle coming ... He stopped crying ... Femoral #NerveBlock #POCUS
Junctional Rhythms - Junctional rhythm describes an abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a
from impulses coming ... from a locus of
Hemimasticatory Spasm (HMS) on Physical Exam

HMS is characterized by paroxysmal involuntary contractions of the unilateral jaw-closing
unilateral jaw-closing ... Hemimasticatory #Spasm #HMS #PhysicalExam ... neurology #trigeminal #CN5 ... #CNV
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) - Basics
Nomenclature:
 - Echogenicity = brightness
 - Hyperechoic = more echogenic
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... screen - AXIS- moving ... Brightness of image #pocus
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
tricuspid valve closing ... the right atrium during ... Waveforms #JVP #PhysicalExam
Seesaw nystagmus 
-> eye move in an opposed vertical fashion (one goes up while the other
(eye moving up intorts ... , eye moving down ... direction; the eye moving ... intorts, and the eye moving ... #eye #ocular #PhysicalExam
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Echogenicity - Brightness
Probe Positioning
Transducer Orientation
Knobology (DAG):
 • DEPTH - Can increase or
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... screen • AXIS - moving ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Pancreatitis on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

The pancreas with peri-pancreatic fluid, diagnostic of acute pancreatitis. To
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... locate the celiac coming ... #Pancreatitis #POCUS