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False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Point on POCUS ... Lung-Cardiac Point ... #clinical #lungcardiac ... #differential #diagnosis ... #mimics
Point-of-care Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Abscess in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

1. POCUS is more accurate
Point-of-care Ultrasound ... for Diagnosis of ... is not clinically ... #Exam #VisualAbstract ... #EBM
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... diagnosis for absence ... aeration to the point ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #mimics
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... #Management #Infections
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... Unstable Angina ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
populations) CLINICAL ... • Pulmonary Symptoms ... Birbeck granules (EM ... DIAGNOSIS • Imaging ... #Management
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
There is point tenderness ... This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... of breath and point ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung