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Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... tamponade recurs. ❿ Plan ... specialist referral. ⓫ Plan ... toward the largest pericardial ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... esophageal perforation. chest ... Blunt chest trauma ... Rheumatic fever #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Dissection Flap on POCUS ... Echocardiogram - PLAX ... presents with chest ... Diagnosis? ... #Cardiology #clinical
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Fully expose the chest ... Other drugs at clinician ... cyanosis. ⓭ Obtain a chest ... safe to do so. ⓮ Plan ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Ruptured Chordae Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram
 
Many underlying causes, not limited to: MVP, subacute endocarditis, connective
Chordae Tendineae on POCUS ... Many underlying causes ... tissue d/o, blunt chest ... trauma. ... Echocardiogram #Ultrasound #Clinical
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS

In an unstable pt w/ chest trauma, subxiphoid view FIRST!

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Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... unstable pt w/ chest ... trauma, subxiphoid ... #cardiology #clinical ... #s4c #trauma
Chest pain, good story, but nonspecific ECG? Do a bedside echo: regional WMAs support your case
Chest pain, good ... WMAs support your case ... UltrasoundJelly #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Necessitans (EN) on Chest ... teaching case: ... - What’s the diagnosis ... erodes into the chest ... #clinical #video
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
blue marks on her chest ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... extra sound is a pericardial ... PhysicalExam #Video #Clinical
Sternal fracture on POCUS. 

60 year old PT, fell on her chest 4 days ago, tender
PT, fell on her chest ... tender central mid chest ... subtle trace of pericardial ... Sternum #Fracture #Clinical ... #msk #trauma