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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching ... he coughed and now ... his chest is PULSATING ... #clinical #video
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
(EN) on Chest Wall ... his chest is PULSATING ... erodes into the chest ... fluid into the chest ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... Embolism (chest ... Hypertension - Chest
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... Loculated effusion or empyema ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural ... Centrilobular emphysema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
on Chest CT • ... effusion • DDx: Empyema ... Sign #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Effusions • Pleural ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Low Attenuation ... Centrilobular emphysema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... ultrasound reveals what chest ... Ultrasound #POCUS #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Loculated ... #Pleural #Effusion
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... : • 14-22 Fr stable ... Fr hemothorax/empyema ... Diagnosis #Assessment #Pulmonary