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Focused Lung Assessment: Transducer positions for the 8 lung zones #EM #Radiology #PCC #POCUS #Focused #Lung
8 lung zones #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #Positioning #ALiEM
Algorithm and Causes of an Elevated Hemidiaphragm #Diagnosis #Radiology #EM #IM #PCC #Elevated #Hemidiaphragm #ElevatedHemidiaphragm #Diaphragm
Hemidiaphragm #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #EM ... #IM #PCC #Elevated
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
field #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #Lung #ALines #ALiEM
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... PleuralEffusion #ALiEM
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
+/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... • Hantavirus PCR ... • Autopsy PCR ... Treatment: • ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... Sagittal #Pneumonia #ALiEM
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
pattern #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #Lung #BLines #ALiEM
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... antibody test • PCR ... first line of treatment ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Pediatric Fever Without a Source - 3 months to 3 years - Additional Workup Beyond Urine
Conjugate Vaccines (PCV ... ) #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #EM #Workup ... #Algorithm #PCV ... PneumococcalConjugateVaccines #NoUTI #ALiEM
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases ... #treatment #microbiology