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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Empyema Necessitans ... This is Empyema ... Because Empyema ... @nickmmark #Empyema ... respiratory #Chest #Lung
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung Empyema on ... POCUS When your ... patient has 3 courses ... suspicious for empyema ... #Empyema #POCUS
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Empyema Necessitans ... This is Empyema ... Because Empyema ... Empyema necessitans ... Treatment of empyema
"COPD exacerbation" CXR ?RUL pneum. Worsening clinically ED despite resuscitation abx/steroids/fluids. Thoracic POCUS shows consolidation +
Thoracic POCUS shows ... loculations suggesting empyema ... IR places drain ... rajivthava #Clinical #POCUS ... #Lung #Empyema
Empyema on Lung on Point of Care Ultrasound

Don't be fooled by empyema masquerading as liver! 

by
Empyema on Lung ... Don't be fooled by empyema ... haileyahobbs #empyema ... #Lung #pulmonary ... clinical #ultrasound #pocus
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... pneumatocele, emphysema ... since in many cases ... density in the lung ... with a thin wall Emphysema
Parapneumonic Empyema on Lung POCUS

Also note pleural effusion, air bronchograms, intraabdominal FF

Dr. Michael I. Prats @PratsEM

#Parapneumonic
Parapneumonic Empyema ... on Lung POCUS ... Parapneumonic #Empyema ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Atelectasis • Emphysema ... • Interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... Lung ultrasound ... CasasolaGarcia #Empyema ... #Lung #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #Clinical
Posterior L chest scan…same patient. Explains all! Massive L effusion, empyema. Drained and later discharged from
Massive L effusion, empyema ... Wilkinsonjonny #Clinical #POCUS ... #Lung #Massive ... #Empyema #PleuralEffusion