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Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
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On a lateral image of CXR effusion of > 75 ml could be visible- where there
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Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
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Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
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Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
About
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Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... #Causes #Cardiology
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
2 after COVID diagnosis ... update: small bilateral ... pleural effusion ... , thickened pleural ... clinical #lung #ultrasound
Pleural fluid may become encysted.
Here we see fluid entrapped within the fissure.
This can sometimes give the
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