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Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
CO2 production (fever ... draining pleural effusions ... Diuresis — Dry lungs ... are happy lungs ... Algorithm #Extubation #CriticalCare
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... metastatic spread: lung ... Mediterranean fever ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
of Pericardial Effusion ... Mediterranean Fever ... - Metastatic: Lung ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... pneumonia, pleural effusion ... cough, myalgia • Lung ... Microsporidium #Lung ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Complex Loculated Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS Ultrasound
22 month old with fever and respiratory failure.

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#Complex
Loculated Pleural Effusion ... on Lung POCUS Ultrasound ... month old with fever ... #Lung #POCUS #pulmonary ... #Ultrasound #clinical
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
management - RUQ ultrasound ... - Calcium level ... - Triglyceride level ... pain-dose ketamine infusion ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
, traction for long ... Initiate judicious infusion ... of poor organ perfusion ... for hemoglobin level ... Shock #Management #CriticalCare
Hydro-Point: Ultrasound sign of air-fluid level in the pleura

Pleural effusion and lung point in the same
Hydro-Point: Ultrasound ... sign of air-fluid level ... pleura Pleural effusion ... and lung point ... #POCUS #Lung #Clinical
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
year-old male with fever ... Lung ultrasound ... Loculated Pleural Effusion ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... Loculated #Pleural #Effusion
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
and/or digoxin level ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... edema - Large effusion ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology