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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... : - Pulmonary ... Fluid LDH > 2/3 ... Upper Limit of Normal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Status Epilepticus - Management
Seizure > 5 mins or two seizures without complete recovery between them
PEDS
Benzo Dose
seizures without complete ... between them PEDS ... Anti-epileptic #3 ... → Infusion - Consider ... management #treatment #algorithm
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Body • Pleural Effusion ... Pneumothorax Normal ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Causes #Peds #
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Mycobacterium avium complex ... Parapneumonic effusion ... (NHL, primary effusion ... Mycobacterium avium complex ... P.jiroveci • Normal
Hypoxemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm by A-a Gradient

Normal A-a Gradient:
 • ↓ Atmospheric pressure
 • Hypoventilation: CNS
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... A-a Gradient Normal ... (↑Shunting), ↓Perfusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #pulmonary #Aa
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
captured beats (normal ... a VT run) and fusion ... of normal sinus ... Brugada algorithm ... in any V lead 3.
Pediatric Pneumonia on POCUS

Nothing as satisfying as when the normal lung gives way to pneumonia. 

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Pediatric Pneumonia on POCUS ... satisfying as when the normal ... #Pneumonia #POCUS ... AirBronchograms #Pediatrics #Peds ... Clinical #Lung #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Possible small plural effusion ... bilateral B-lines - Normal ... Possible bilateral effusion ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung Empyema on POCUS ... your patient has 3 ... effusion suspicious ... #complex #effusion ... #pleural #pulmonary
Complex Loculated Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS Ultrasound
22 month old with fever and respiratory failure.

MaimoUltrasound @MaimoUltrasound

#Complex
Complex Loculated ... Pleural Effusion ... on Lung POCUS Ultrasound ... MaimoUltrasound #Complex ... #Lung #POCUS #pulmonary