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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Abscess Management ... Abscess Differential ... causes #management
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Presyncope PVC ... Diagnosis: • PAC ... A PAC also has a ... than a PVC ... more intensive treatment
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
are visualized as ... field #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #ALines
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
effusion visualized as ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
and Treatment ... hyperleukocytosis (AML ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Differential # ... #Management
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
are visualized as ... pattern #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #BLines
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
and may not be as ... emergency airway management ... prediction models only focus ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... PCC #Heaven #Criteria
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential ... Long-standing vs ... dysfunction • PSC ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... #Differential #
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
hyper/hypoactive, POC ... glucose, security, access ... and stabilize: AMS ... the underlying cause ... encephalopathy #differential
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Drug-related (NMS ... Source control (abscess ... (daptomycin in lungs