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Empyema on Lung on Point of Care Ultrasound

Don't be fooled by empyema masquerading as liver! 

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Point of Care Ultrasound ... masquerading as liver ... #Lung #pulmonary ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #pocus #hepatized
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Shock - Management Checklist ... Troponin, Lactate, Liver ... and/or digoxin level ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... cardiogenic shock #Checklist
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... year-old male with fever ... Lung ultrasound ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... POCUS #Clinical #Pulmonary
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
forefoot, ankles, knees ... not possible • Ultrasound ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... nephrolithiasis, serum urate level ... • Serum urate level
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... - Ferritin, liver ... function tests - Ultrasound ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... #Influenza #Checklist
Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy - Procedure Instructions Checklist
Tracheostomy is to establish a definitive surgical opening into the
Procedure Instructions Checklist ... Bronchoscopic ± ultrasound ... Withdraw ETT above level ... #criticalcare #pulmonary ... #checklist #management