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Review of the Coagulation Cascade
Traditional Model:
 • Parallel extrinsic and intrinsic pathways.
Contemporary Model:
 • 4 key
Cascade Traditional Model ... Contemporary Model ... Initiation phase caused ... result in both models ... Cascade #diagnosis #models
POCUS - Ultrasound Basics
- Transducers
- Modes
- Settings
- Probe Positioning

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#POCUS #Ultrasound #Basics #Guide
POCUS - Ultrasound ... Transducers - Modes ... @nickmmark #POCUS
Diabetes – diabetic nephropathy
Majority of the literature in the area is applied to the diabetic nephropathy
findings in animal models ... be the primary cause
Barcode Sign in Pneumothorax on POCUS - M-Mode

seashore sign: normal lung sliding

barcode/stratosphere sign: pneumothorax 

#Pneumothorax #Barcode
Pneumothorax on POCUS ... - M-Mode seashore ... Barcode #Sign #POCUS
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... negative infective endocarditis ... identified with modern ... febrilepodcast] #BCNIE #Causes ... culture #negative #Endocarditis
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
from animal models ... (muddy brown casts
Ruptured Chordae Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram
 
Many underlying causes, not limited to: MVP, subacute endocarditis, connective
Chordae Tendineae on POCUS ... Many underlying causes ... MVP, subacute endocarditis ... Chordae #Tendineae #POCUS
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
mortality), Other causes ... Partial Face, Nasal Modes
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... positive in 90% of IE cases ... Immunologic: • Osler nodes ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Treat underlying cause
Gastric fullness on POCUS

After he forced our kind model to down a pint of lager

#Gastric #Fullness
Gastric fullness on POCUS ... forced our kind model ... Gastric #Fullness #POCUS