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Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
and Cardiac Ultrasound ... phased-array probe and abdominal ... 3. ... Assess gross LVSF ... #LungExam #diagnosis
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... Pearls: #1 Confirm ... an IUP or not. #2 ... at the bedside #3 ... #POCUS #clinical
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Likelihood Ratio Step 1: ... Step 2: Pre-test ... Step 3: Spectrum ... #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
care center for diagnostic ... L about 2 weeks ... #POCUS #SBP #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal ... #abscess
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... ankle swelling. 2. ... satiety, bendopnea. 3. ... peripheral edema, ascites ... #management #cardiology
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
and no apparent focus ... dengue case that, near ... Intense abdominal ... accumulation (ascites ... classification #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Normal IUP Findings 1) Yolk sac: Round fluid-filled structure within the gestational sac, located in the
Normal IUP Findings 1) ... the endometrium 2) ... #Clinical #EM # ... Obgyn #Radiology ... TransAbdmonial #POCUS
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
for this SBO, diagnosed ... specificity using 1) ... small bowel), 2) ... of >2.5cm, and 3) ... #Abdominal #clinical
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
1. look for a ... and tenderness 2. ... wasted on rib fx 3. ... diagnosis; the ... #clinical #ultrasound