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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Necessitans (EN) on Chest ... - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... erodes into the chest ... fluid into the chest
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS ... 2 after COVID diagnosis ... breath or pleuritic chest ... effusion, thickened ... #Effusion
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... can suggest the diagnosis ... lesions abutting the pleura ... The chest film shows ... #CTChest #Septic
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... pain, pleural effusion ... on CXR • RA inflammation ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Malignant Complex Pleural ... POCUS You are ... Diagnosis? ... treatment.Had chest ... #POCUS #Pulmonary
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... seen on a supine chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... , CTA Chest, Echocardiogram ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
be present on a chest ... fully explained by pleural ... effusions, lobar ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet ... symptoms Imaging • CXR ... unilateral* • POCUS ... numerous B-lines, pleural ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare