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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
of an infected pleural ... effusion where ... “escapes” the pleura ... drainage of the pleural ... effusion (decompression
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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Empyema Necessitans ... This is Empyema ... effusion where ... “escapes” the pleura ... Because Empyema
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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 ... on CT. ... #POCUS #complex ... #effusion #pleural
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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 ... U/S could be empyema ... treatment.Had chest ... #Pleural #Effusion
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
scarring with pleural ... - Loculated effusion ... or empyema ... effusion • Atelectasis ... #TB #Patterns #chest
Parapneumonic Empyema on Lung POCUS

Also note pleural effusion, air bronchograms, intraabdominal FF

Dr. Michael I. Prats @PratsEM

#Parapneumonic
Parapneumonic Empyema ... POCUS Also note pleural ... Parapneumonic #Empyema ... POCUS #ultrasound #complex ... #effusion #pleural
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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Mycobacterium avium complex ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... effusion; empyema ... Mycobacterium avium complex ... differential #diagnosis #chestCT
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Wall/Pleura ... Pneumothorax • Pleural ... Effusion ... • Herpes Simplex
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Atelectasis • Emphysema ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Split Pleura Sign ... on Chest CT • ... by an exudative effusion ... • DDx: Empyema ... #Sign #CT #Lung