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False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Lung-Cardiac Point ... in pneumothorax-related ... LungPoint #POCUS #clinical ... #differential #diagnosis ... #mimics
COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical and laboratory testing
Lung Ultrasound
HRCT scan
In-hospital treatment
Severity assessment and respiratory support 
Post-mortem
COVID-19 Diagnosis ... Summary Clinical ... laboratory testing Lung ... Ultrasound HRCT ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pseudo-Lung Point on Lung POCUS

No pneumothorax (lung point mimic!) but need to slide superiorly to be
Pseudo-Lung Point ... No pneumothorax ... (lung point mimic ... #Mimic #clinical ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... characteristic features Clinical ... : Hemoptysis, pneumothorax ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Reduced Lung Sliding in the setting of COPD Exacerbation and Hyperinflation
60 yo w SOB and hypoxia.
Lung ultrasound ... point sign, hyperinflation ... lungsliding #pulmonary #clinical ... hyperinflation #mimic ... #pneumothorax
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... characteristic features Clinical ... : Hemoptysis, pneumothorax ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
inoculation • Clinical ... blastomycosis – can mimic ... presentation of TB ... , lung cancer, and ... • Management
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
The differential diagnosis ... aeration to the point ... pneumonia #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #mimics
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... #Management #Infections