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Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... aorta. ... #Flap #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Cardiology
Signs of Pulmonary Hypertension on Chest CT
 • Main PA is dilated and larger than the
and larger than the ... ascending aorta ... level of the carina ... ChestCT #CTChest #Radiology ... #cardiology #diagnosis
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• SC Abdominal Aorta ... Aortic Valve (AV) Level ... POCUS #Cardiac #TTE ... #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Prodrome: fever ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Back to the "10 ... vary depending on treatment ... mortality at a higher level ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology ... #Diagnosis #Table
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Tularemia - Diagnosis ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
parameters in the ... Ao, aorta; DTI, ... permission of the ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
• Cellulitis: Fever ... Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... Treatment: • 50% ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Manifestations and Treatment ... Presentation: Fever ... ascending thoracic aorta ... resulting in a dilated aorta ... Syphilis #stages #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Note the septal ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Pericarditis #CP #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology