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Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation and Acid-Base Pathology
1- Does the patient have an acidosis or an alkalosis?
Blood Gas (ABG) Interpretation ... Look at the pCO2 ... the change in pCO2 ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... AcidBase #ABG #Interpretation
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis Interpretation

Inflammatory arthritis:
 • Color: Yellow-> Green
 • Clarity: Opaque
 • Viscosity: Low
Arthrocentesis Interpretation ... analysis: • MSU ... blood/synovial fluid ... Arthrocentesis #Interpretation ... septic #joint #fluid
TISSUE APPEARANCES ON 
MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND 

Bone:
 
Bone is represented as a very bright structure and appears
Fluid: Fluid ... appearance of fluid ... MUSCULOSKELETAL #MSK ... #POCUS #Atlas #
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
and difficult mask ... ventilation • Fluids ... minimal to keep PaO2
Suprapatellar synovial fluid collection on POCUS
Physical exam is nice, adding POCUS dynamic visualization is better.

Dr. Stephen
Suprapatellar synovial fluid ... collection on POCUS ... is nice, adding POCUS ... Suprapatellar #synovial #fluid ... clinical #ultrasound #MSK
Subacromial Bursitis on POCUS

Chronic shoulder pain -> #POCUS shows fluid in subacromial bursa, Dx subacromial bursitis
Very
Subacromial Bursitis on POCUS ... shoulder pain -> #POCUS ... shows fluid in ... showing anechoic fluid ... clinical #shoulder #MSK
Tibialis posterior tenosynovitis on POCUS

Note the alteration in probe pressure can help identify free fluid in
tenosynovitis on POCUS ... identify free fluid ... Ultrasound Site - MSK ... tenosynovitis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #msk
Fluid aspiration of the subdeltoid bursa in cppd

Rheumatology @Rheumatology

#aspiration #subdeltoid #bursa cppd #shoulder #POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Fluid aspiration ... cppd #shoulder #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #msk
Suprapatellar Knee Hemarthrosis on POCUS
Note the supra-patella plica separating the physiological knee fluid from the blood
Hemarthrosis on POCUS ... physiological knee fluid ... Fluid is much more ... #Hemarthrosis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #msk
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... treatments include fluid ... - Hypoxemia (PaO2