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COVID19 vs CHF on POCUS

Spot the difference. 2 pts presenting with nearly same symptoms. Left COVID
Left COVID pneumonia ... spared areas, pleural ... lines due to other causes ... Clinical #Lung #Ultrasound ... #SARSCoV2 #Coronavirus
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... A-lines (parietal pleura ... reflection) Pneumonia ... in severe cases ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome
#POCUS of the posterior lung bases in a (#covid19 negative) patient with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
posterior lung bases ... in a (#covid19 ... thickened, irregular pleural ... sonographic interstitial syndrome ... ) #LUS #ultrasound
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
ultrasonographic features of COVID ... -19 pneumonia Lung ... and effusion - Pulmonary ... alveolar interstitial syndrome ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
and exudative pleural ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Exclude other causes ... - Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Infections including coronavirus ... disease 2019 (COVID ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... Antiphospholipid syndrome
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Usual interstitial pneumonia ... Xerotrachea • NSIP: Pleural ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis #Management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... infiltrates, pleural ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management