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Reversed Halo Sign - Infectious and Non-Infectious Differential Diagnosis
Definition: A focal rounded area of GGO surrounded
Reversed Halo Sign ... Definition: A focal ... granulomatosis, Cryptogenic ... Reverse #Halo #Sign ... #pulmonary
Acute Pulmonary Embolism - Labeled POCUS Findings 

This patient presented with a-fib and shortness of breath.
Acute Pulmonary ... presented with a-fib ... #McConnells #Sign ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Strain #AcutePE
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sliding/barcode sign ... pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... Consolidations - "Shred" sign ... the severity Acute ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • CT: Halo sign ... : • Focal pneumonia ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
McConnell's Sign ... sparing ("McConnell Sign ... " c/w acute right ... Diagnosis concerning ... #McConnells #Sign
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... e.g., CXR, CT, ultrasound ... Inflammation (e.g., fever ... chest pain) and signs ... #Pulmonolary
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
healthy pt with fever ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #ultrasound
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing ... Males=Females SIGNS ... /SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... #pulmonary
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

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example of 'shred sign ... a patient with fever ... This POCUS finding ... eabramsMD #Shred #sign ... #lung #pulmonary
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... • Acute bacterial ... normal • Pyogenic/focal ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... #Differential #Diagnosis