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Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Malignant Complex ... Pleural Effusion ... pleural effusion ... #Effusion #Lung ... #POCUS #Pulmonary
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Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Lymphangitic spread to lung ... effusion - Malignant ... pericardial effusion ... - Lung metastases ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm
Fibrinous septations in Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) - Lung POCUS
 • can be triggered by thoracenteses
septations in Malignant ... Pleural Effusion ... (MPE) - Lung POCUS ... #Pleural #Effusion ... clinical #ultrasound #pulmonary
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Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Vasculitis, ILD Malignancy ... : Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma ... Metastatic Dz, Malignant ... effusion Other ... #Differential #Algorithm
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Sign on Chest CT ... by an exudative effusion ... DDx: Empyema, malignant ... #Pleura #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural Effusion ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Noninfectious: • Malignancy ... 2LmUODZ #Pleural #Effusion
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Ventilation/perfusion ... • Interstitial lung ... disease • Pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung U/S shows complex ... effusion suspicious ... , confirmed on CT ... #effusion #pleural ... #pulmonary #ultrasound
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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Mycobacterium avium complex ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... disease • Pleural effusion ... Parapneumonic effusion ... (NHL, primary effusion
Large complex pleural effusion on Lung POCUS

Large complex pleural effusion as the etiology of this patient's
Large complex pleural ... effusion on Lung ... pleural effusion ... #pleural #effusion ... #clinical #pulmonary
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