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Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #Sagittal #PleuralEffusion
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #Sagittal #Pneumonia
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Diagnosis Framework ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... - Pneumonia ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Causes #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... : weight gain, lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... bilateral pleural effusions ... #management #cardiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
ventilation to perfusion ... caused by a rigid chest ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... This would be more ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
features of COVID-19 pneumonia ... - More than two ... fibrosis #COVID19 #pneumonia ... ChestCT #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #features #Radiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... one post op Cardiology ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Silhouette sign
This is a very important sign. It enables us to find subtle pathology and to
the air in the lung ... When there is a pneumonia ... which is located more ... #Diagnosis #Pathophys ... #Radiology #Silhouette
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... a potentially more ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary