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D-Sign of Acute Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Short Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
D-Sign of Acute ... Short Axis Acute ... suspicious for PE ... #POCUS #PSAX #Echocardiogram ... #CriticalCare
RV Dilatation in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Long Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
Parasternal Long Axis Acute ... suspicious for PE ... Strain #Dilatation #AcutePE ... #POCUS #PLAX #Echocardiogram ... #CriticalCare
CT angiography chest showing #pulmonaryinfarction due to acute #pulmonaryembolism. #Hamptonhump was viewed on CXR (https://GrepMed.com/images/5576). #photo
pulmonaryinfarction due to acute ... #photo #CT #Angiography ... EmergencyMedicine #CriticalCare ... #HamptonHump #PE
RV Strain in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

A patient is brought by EMS intubated and hypotensive.
Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram ... followed by 90mg iv infusion ... Embolism #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #DSign #AcutePE
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... Possible small plural effusion ... Possible bilateral effusion ... the severity Acute ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Consider IL NS/LR infusion ... Setup - Ultrasound ... - Pulmonary >> Acute ... PE, Tension Pneumothorax ... Management #Summary #criticalcare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
heart failure, acute ... tamponade, Vascular → PE ... release syndrome, infusion ... table #comparison #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... JVD, Orthopnea/PND ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... Cardiac cath if acute ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... time for coronary perfusion ... dilated vessels, or acutely ... algorithm #cardiology #echocardiogram ... management #clinical #criticalcare
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
function tests - Ultrasound ... needed to exclude effusion ... uncertainty (e.g. vs PE ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare