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Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Antifungal Echinocandins ... - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... usually works clinically ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology
Air Bronchograms in Pneumonia on Lung Ultrasound

Pearl: When lung looks like liver, it's never a good
Ultrasound Pearl ... like liver, it's ... never a good thing ... #Ultrasound #clinical ... #pocus #Pulmonary
Empyema on Lung on Point of Care Ultrasound

Don't be fooled by empyema masquerading as liver! 

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Empyema on Lung ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... masquerading as liver ... #pulmonary #clinical ... #ultrasound #pocus
False Lung Point on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Your patient is stable but has diminished breath
Lung ultrasound ... base at the level ... you'd see the liver ... Lung #Ultrasound ... #Clinical
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
Overview of antifungal ... tolerable • Limited clinical ... hypokalemia, phlebitis, fever ... #comparison #table ... #pharmacology
Pneumonia with Air Bronchograms on Lung POCUS

This patient presents with shortness of breath. What is your
POCUS This patient ... Resolution: Antibiotics ... with 4d of sob & fever ... #POCUS #Pulmonary ... #clinical #ultrasound
TIE Fighter Sign on POCUS - Uterus floating in pelvic ascites
Not uncommon during nephrology rounds in
Fighter Sign on POCUS ... rounds in the liver ... Note in long axis ... TIEFighter #Sign #POCUS ... #ultrasound #clinical
Pneumoperitoneum via Perforated Duodenal Ulcer- Free Air on Abdominal POCUS

Young patient with diffuse abdominal pain...don't let
Air on Abdominal POCUS ... position between the liver ... get fooled by lung ... FreeAir #Abdominal #POCUS ... #ultrasound #clinical
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview ... salivary ducts Clinical ... vasculitis: 10%-16% Liver ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... lubricants • Pharmacologic
Gunshot Wound on Hepatic Ultrasound
Note the echogenic foci (orange arrow) adjacent to the hepatic vein with
Wound on Hepatic Ultrasound ... Vitals stable. no ... #Gunshot #GSW #Liver ... #RUQ #Clinical ... ForeignBody #FB #Pellet #POCUS