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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for ... Tamponade - Pericardial ... Effusion - Diastolic ... #POCUS #Diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #Ultrasound
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial ... Tamponade* • ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Effusion Apical ... Note larger right ... #effusion #tamponade ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Too slow • Pericardium ... Constrictive - Tamponade ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... Pain #dyspnea #sob
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... Effusion causing ... crushing the RV so ... #ultrasound #s4c ... echocardiogram #POCUS
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Malignant Pericardial ... Cardiac Tamponade ... crushing the RV so ... #ultrasound #a4c ... echocardiogram #POCUS
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Diagnosis Framework ... dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... Costochondritis - Tietze syndrome ... • Pleura: - Effusion
Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
detect pleural and pericardial ... effusions, enlarged ... abdominal lymph nodes ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Focused #Assessment #Ultrasound
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tamponade Pulmonary ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Pericarditis on POCUS ... Note the septal ... effusion/pericardial ... can be seen in tamponade ... Had diagnostic tap-fever