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What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
obtained than ABG ... very well, and PvCO2 ... EBM #Diagnosis #ABG ... #Versus #Comparison ... #PH #PCO2 #Studies
ABG vs VBG: Arterial vs Venous Blood Gases

ABG
PROS: Tells you exactly what the arterial environment looks
ABG vs VBG: Arterial ... Blood Gases ABG ... looks like (pH, PaCO2 ... #Correlation #Comparison ... #pH #pCO2 #Diagnosis
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal ... POCUS Cirrhosis ... with fever/abd ... POCUS for win. ... Peritonitis #SBP #Abdominal
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
Liver Abscess on POCUS ... Discharged on 3 weeks abx ... Abscess #Hepatic #POCUS ... Clinical #Ultrasound #Abdominal
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... View (A5C) • SC Abdominal ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison
Air Bronchograms on Ultrasound

Opacification of alveolar spaces surrounding air-filled bronchioles; enables visualization of well-defined tissue/air interface;
bronchograms (AB ... consolidation; static AB ... Static #Dynamic #POCUS ... Lung #Ultrasound #comparison
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS ... , hypotension, abd ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... Intraabdominal #Abscess #POCUS
Air Bronchograms on Ultrasound

Opacification of alveolar spaces surrounding air-filled bronchioles; enables visualization of well-defined tissue/air interface;
bronchograms (AB ... consolidation; static AB ... airbronchograms-comparison-ultrasound-clinical-dynamic-static-pocus
Comparison of Bowel Pathology on POCUS - Gastroparesis, Ileitis, Intussusception and SBO

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#Bowel #Pathology
Comparison of Bowel ... Pathology on POCUS ... Bowel #Pathology #POCUS ... #abdominal #clinical ... #comparison #Ultrasound
Pneumoperitoneum on Abdominal POCUS
A line artifacts that take the shape of anterior abd wall & disappear
Pneumoperitoneum on Abdominal ... POCUS A line artifacts ... shape of anterior abd ... Pneumoperitoneum #Abdominal ... #POCUS #ultrasound