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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. ... #Complex #Pleural
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Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Considerations with Malignancy ... Directly Malignancy ... pleural effusion ... effusion - Lung ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm
pleural effusion #management #treatment #algorithm #diagnosis
pleural effusion ... #management #treatment ... #algorithm #diagnosis
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... known or suspected malignant ... pleural effusion ... #Malignant #Pleural ... #Algorithm #Management
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, post-talc ... #Sign #CT #Lung
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Noninfectious: • Malignancy ... #Effusion #Pulmonary
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Chest Wall/Pleura ... Pneumothorax • Pleural ... Effusion ... • Herpes Simplex
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 ... Empyema #POCUS #complex ... #effusion #pleural
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Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
infections according to CT-scan ... galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex ... Aspergillosis PLEURAL ... EFFUSION - Bacterial ... oxtvmJe1RmlxFFJpzgymkqdNRFOw%3D%3D #CT
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Hantavirus • Malignant ... • Pulmonary: pleural ... effusion, infiltrates ... Disease #diagnosis #management