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Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung Empyema on ... Lung U/S shows complex ... effusion suspicious ... on CT. ... #complex #effusion
Parapneumonic Empyema on Lung POCUS

Also note pleural effusion, air bronchograms, intraabdominal FF

Dr. Michael I. Prats @PratsEM

#Parapneumonic
on Lung POCUS ... Also note pleural ... effusion, air bronchograms ... #complex #effusion ... #pleural
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Pleural Effusion ... effusion---septated ... U/S could be empyema ... top of malignant effusion ... #Pleural #Effusion
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
on Chest CT • ... by an exudative effusion ... • DDx: Empyema ... , malignant effusions ... #Sign #CT #Lung
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Low Attenuation pattern ... adenopathy and pleural ... effusion; sometimes ... Centrilobular emphysema ... #Comparison #Table
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
infections according to CT-scan ... patterns. ... Aspergillosis PLEURAL ... EFFUSION - Bacterial ... #Lung #Infections
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Atelectasis • Emphysema ... • Interstitial lung ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... effusion: Parapneumonic ... effusion; empyema ... (NHL, primary effusion
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 ... pleuritic pain, pleural ... effusion), mouth