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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 ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #mimics
Double Lung Point seen in a Small Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

Young male with stab wound to
Double Lung Point ... Upright CXR normal ... Double lung point ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Pulmonary
Reduced Lung Sliding in the setting of COPD Exacerbation and Hyperinflation
60 yo w SOB and hypoxia.
Lung ultrasound ... point sign, hyperinflation ... Remember not all absent ... #clinical #ultrasound ... hyperinflation #mimic
Lung Point in Pneumothorax - Lung POCUS
When looking for lung sliding you should make the image
Lung Point in Pneumothorax ... you can also see absence ... #LungPoint #Pneumothorax ... #Pulmonary #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
BNP/NT-proBNP, d-dimer ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
The differential diagnosis ... aeration to the point ... #absence #Lung ... #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #mimics
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Presentation: • Mimics ... events • Key Point ... : High clinical ... edema in the absence ... congestion on a CXR