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Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
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VT: - No RS complexes ... entirely positive or negative ... positive in aVR and negative ... - Fusion beats ... VT #VTach #SVT #Comparison
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
a VT run) and fusion ... beats (hybrid complex ... (QS) complexes. ... Positive or negative ... Aberration #Aberrancy #Comparison
Parapneumonic Empyema on Lung POCUS

Also note pleural effusion, air bronchograms, intraabdominal FF

Dr. Michael I. Prats @PratsEM

#Parapneumonic
Parapneumonic Empyema ... Also note pleural effusion ... Parapneumonic #Empyema ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound ... #complex #effusion
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung U/S shows complex ... effusion suspicious ... #POCUS #complex ... #effusion #pleural ... #pulmonary #ultrasound
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Malignant Complex ... Pleural Effusion ... U/S could be empyema ... #Malignant #Complex ... POCUS #Pulmonary #Ultrasound
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Mycobacterium avium complex ... Parapneumonic effusion ... ; empyema, M.tuberculosis ... (NHL, primary effusion ... Mycobacterium avium complex
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Empyema Necessitans ... This is Empyema ... infected pleural effusion ... With inspiration, negative ... of the pleural effusion
Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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Main Lung Ultrasound ... Large pleural effusion ... localized pleural effusion ... #POCUS #Lung #Ultrasound ... #Comparison #Table
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Empyema Necessitans ... This is Empyema ... infected pleural effusion ... Because Empyema ... With inspiration, negative
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural effusion ... Centrilobular emphysema ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison