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COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
2 after COVID diagnosis ... Less sore throat, cough ... breath or pleuritic chest ... effusion, thickened ... #Effusion
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
of Diffuse Alveolar ... • DAH triad: lung ... hemoptysis, anemia • Chest ... infiltrates, no pleural ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Effusion ... EffusionsPleural ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Distention Pulmonary Alveoli ... #Algorithm #Causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
pneumonia • formerly BOOP ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... life • History: cough ... Rare: pleural effusions ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... • Interstitial lung ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural ... Abnormalities • Chest ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
pathology: • Blood: diffuse ... alveolar hemorrhage ... COPD/asthma • Pleural ... atelectasis • Lung ... #differential #Diagnosis
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
POCUS Pulmonary ... teaching case: ... - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... #Lung
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
pain, pleural effusion ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung ... Dyspnea + dry cough ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... phagocytic function of alveolar ... factor • May cause ... Focal pneumonia, pleural ... effusion, or bronchitis
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
AIDS Patients • Diffuse ... disease, Pulmonary alveolar ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... #differential #diagnosis