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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• Subcostal (SC ... Right Ventricular (RV ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Inferior Vena Cava (SC ... ) • SC Abdominal
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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, PBC/SSc OS ... pattern: - PBC ... , SSc, PBC/SSc OS ... , PBC/SjS OS ... SjS, SLE, RA, PBC
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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of Scleroderma (SSc ... pericarditis • Hepatic: PBC ... renal crisis (SRC ... #Scleroderma #SSc
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
 •
pancreatitis, PSC ... (or secondary SC
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
catheterization (PAC ... measurements obtained by PAC ... may benefit from PAC ... indices measured on PAC ... PCWP #Pressures #SVR
Confirmation that central line is placed on the venous side by visualizing echogenic air bubbles in
Simply use the 5cc ... #criticalcare #S4C
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
pattern: • SLE, SSc ... SjS, SLE, DM, SSc ... , PM/SSc OS, MCTD ... , PBC/SSc OS • ... dots pattern: • PBC
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
 •
Reticular/AMA: • PBC ... , SSc, PBC/SSc OS ... , PBC/SjS OS • ... SjS, SLE, RA, PBC
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
de-laminate" from the RV ... • Affects RV ... displacement in RV ... • Associated RV ... Ebsteins #Anomaly #A4c
Mechanical Ventilation: The Basics
In the most basic sense, ventilator modes are defined by their control variable
Volume Control (AC ... • Volume: 6-8 cc ... /PC): • Delivers ... time (i-time) • PC ... if in an SBT, RR