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Localized Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram
Pericardial effusion on Ddx? Ensure at least 2 views. Case of low-pressure
Localized Tamponade ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Case of low-pressure ... Localized effusions ... #Tamponade #POCUS
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Caroli's - Complex ... - Infectious: Abscess ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hepatology
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
lining) Poorly localized ... Deep - Less well-localized ... Sympathetic • Complex ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Paraspinal Abscesses on POCUS Ultrasound - Long Axis View

We found a *couple* loculations in the soft
Paraspinal Abscesses ... on POCUS Ultrasound ... We found a *couple ... status-post T/L spine fusion ... clinical #long #msk
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Subphrenic abscess ... #Hepatology #causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... Encephalitis, Brain Abscess ... #Causes #neurology
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
and Peripheral Causes ... Diagnosis Central Causes ... Meningitis, Cerebellar abscess ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pleural Effusion ... • Herpes Simplex ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Plexus Nerve Block Uses ... dislocations, complex ... drainage of large abscess ... ultrasound #anesthesia #pocus
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
a VT run) and fusion ... beats (hybrid complex ... negative (QS) complexes ... Brugada algorithm ... point) of S > 100 ms