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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for ... Tamponade - Pericardial ... Effusion - Diastolic ... #POCUS #Diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #Ultrasound
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... Vascular: - Aortic dissection ... - SCAD • Pericardium ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... • Pleura: - Effusion
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Point of Care Ultrasound ... Hypertrophy - Pericardial ... Effusion - Dilated ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Tamponade* • ... • Abdominal Distention
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... failure - CAD/ACS ... - Too slow • Pericardium ... Constrictive - Tamponade ... • Pleura: - Effusion
Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
detect pleural and pericardial ... effusions, enlarged ... liver lesions – all ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Focused #Assessment #Ultrasound
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... of blood, pus, effusion ... • Diagnostic ... to identify pericardial ... toward the largest pericardial
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
Tachypnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Cardiac ischemia • Pericardial ... effusion/Tamponade ... Post-Ictal/Grand mal
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
pericardial effusion ... • Features of tamponade ... and Rvol ≥ 30 mL ... acuteMI #cardiology #differential ... #diagnosis #timeline
Mediastinal Mass (Lymphoma) found on POCUS

Young male with dyspnea on exertion/resting tachycardia. POCUS with tamponade, large
POCUS with tamponade ... large pleural effusion ... mass encasing the pericardium ... Subsequently diagnosed ... #clinical #ultrasound