27 results
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
scarring with pleural ... MTB infection • Pleural ... apical region - Loculated ... effusion or empyema ... effusion • Atelectasis
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... x-ray hides - Loculated ... Pleural Effusion ... CasasolaGarcia #Empyema ... #Pleural #Effusion
Loculated Pleural Effusion on Lung Ultrasound

Loculations get me every time! This one's pleural 

Dr. J. Christian
Loculated Pleural ... Effusion on Lung ... jchristianfox #Loculated ... #Pleural #Effusion ... #Empyema #Complicated
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Pulmonary teaching case ... effusion where ... “escapes” the pleura ... effusion (decompression ... control) - in some cases
Complex Loculated Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS Ultrasound
22 month old with fever and respiratory failure.

MaimoUltrasound @MaimoUltrasound

#Complex
Complex Loculated ... Pleural Effusion ... MaimoUltrasound #Complex ... #Loculated #Pleural ... #Effusion #Lung
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Atelectasis • Emphysema ... : • Pleural effusion ... #Causes
Complicated Pleural effusion - Empyema on POCUS

M60 YO with chronic shortness of breath and fever .
Complicated Pleural ... effusion - Empyema ... ardoukoba40 #Pleural ... #Effusion #Empyema ... Clinical #Septations #Loculated
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
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
patient has 3 courses ... Lung U/S shows complex ... effusion suspicious ... #POCUS #complex ... #effusion #pleural
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Empyema Necessitans ... Pulmonary teaching case ... This is Empyema ... effusion where ... Because Empyema