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GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
volume in 1 s; FVC ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... GOLD2017 #Staging #Grading
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... Setup - Ultrasound ... veins, dilated IVC ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Management
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS Protocol
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension
1. Parasternal Long Cardiac View
2. Apical Four-Chamber
Parasternal Long ... Pulmonary View ... Pulmonary View ... POCUS #Protocol #diagnosis ... #ultrasound #shock
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Rapidly Growing ... likely to cause pulmonary ... with underlying lung ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound ... transmit sound waves, leading ... propagation of ultrasound ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Pyothorax on Lung on Point of Care Ultrasound

POCUS helped to identify pyothorax in this unstable patient
Pyothorax on Lung ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... patient with septic shock ... to pneumonia, leading ... #pulmonary #clinical
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
anaerobe, SIow growing ... , Long, thin, and ... malaise • Septic shock ... Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Classification grp IV ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Exclusion of other diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
Doppler imaging; IVC ... peak systolic gradient ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... peak systolic gradient ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
data regarding pulmonary ... the heart to the lung ... indicate: - Shock ... interpretation #patterns #diagnosis ... #pulmonary