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Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Pleural Effusion ... malignant pleural effusion ... U/S could be empyema ... treatment.Had chest ... #Pleural #Effusion
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung Empyema on ... patient has 3 courses ... Lung U/S shows complex ... effusion suspicious ... #complex #effusion
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Ventilation/perfusion ... • Interstitial lung ... Abnormalities • Chest
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... disease • Pleural effusion ... Parapneumonic effusion ... ; empyema, M.tuberculosis ... (NHL, primary effusion
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Empyema Necessitans ... Pulmonary teaching case ... This is Empyema ... infected pleural effusion ... #Lung
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pleural Effusion ... • Herpes Simplex ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Atelectasis • Emphysema ... • Interstitial lung ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion ... #Causes
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
according to CT-scan patterns ... Aspergillosis PLEURAL EFFUSION ... %3D%3D #CT #Patterns ... #Pulmonary #Lung ... Differential #Diagnosis #Chest
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
ventilation to perfusion ... Therefore, conditions caused ... by a rigid chest ... Centrilobular emphysema ... granulomatosis • Abnormal perfusion
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... documented to be a complete ... plexus, or sclera), lungs ... pain, pleural effusion ... Nephrocalcinosis causes