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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... Indication Identify an ... with a focused clinical ... #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... Point Of Care UltraSound ... (POCUS) to CT or ... MRI. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
pulm edema not PNA ... Progressive URI ... Differential Bilat ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #clinical #ultrasound
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS ... female with chest pain ... Sister had MI in ... Differential/diagnosis ... Echocardiogram #A4c #clinical
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
on Transvaginal POCUS ... +preg test. ... (see below for diagnosis ... Transvaginal #Pelvic #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK #pathophysiology ... #differential # ... diagnosis #signs
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... vomiting, abdominal pain ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... Diagnosis: Viral
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
Syndrome on Neck POCUS ... Differential/diagnosis ... On ultrasound note ... Thrombosis #RIJ #Neck #POCUS ... #Clinical #Ultrasound
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... shoe size, ↑ heel-pad ... Differential Diagnosis ... glucose suppression test ... • Pituitary MRI
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... management #neurology #differential