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Plankton Sign in Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
Typically highly suggestive of hemothorax
In this patient:
  PH
Sign in Pleural Effusion ... Xpert TB, BAAR negative ... Sign #Pleural #Effusion ... clinical #hemothorax #ultrasound
Paradoxical hemidiaphragm motion due to a massive effusion - Lung POCUS

The fatigued, inverted hemidiaphragm cannot contract
due to a massive effusion ... sucked up by the negative ... pocus #clinical #ultrasound
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
glass shadow and effusion ... consolidation - Pleural effusion ... lobes affected - Negative ... consolidation Lung ultrasound ... pneumonia #ChestCT #Ultrasound
Light's Criteria for Pleural Effusions

#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Lights #Criteria #Pleural #Effusion #Differential

** GrepMed Recommended Text: Pocket Medicine:
Criteria for Pleural Effusions ... Criteria #Pleural #Effusion
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
FP + TN) = true negatives ... all positives Negative ... FN + TN) = true negatives ... / all negatives ... Specificity) Negative
Large Pleural Effusion on Lung Ultrasound

That time when my ultrasound and surfing worlds suddenly collided

Dr. J.
Large Pleural Effusion ... on Lung Ultrasound ... That time when my ultrasound ... jchristianfox #Pleural #Effusion ... Clinical #Lung #Ultrasound
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
- Pericardial Effusion ... Evaluation #Cardiology #Effusion ... Echocardiogram #Ultrasound
Step by step approach for diagnosis of pleural effusion by Lung Ultrasound

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-018-1062-x

#Diagnosis #POCUS #Lung #Pleural #Effusion
diagnosis of pleural effusion ... by Lung Ultrasound ... Lung #Pleural #Effusion
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... tuberculous pericardial effusions ... may have false negative ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Fluid Analysis Effusion ... crystals), Gout (negatively ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion