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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching ... - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... With expiration, positive
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... drain - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... With expiration, positive ... effusion (decompression
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Split Pleura Sign ... on Chest CT • ... • DDx: Empyema ... , malignant effusions ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
- Day 2 Day ... 2 after COVID diagnosis ... breath or pleuritic chest ... lung #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #Effusion
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
POCUS You are ... Diagnosis? ... U/S could be empyema ... treatment.Had chest ... #POCUS #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nose deformity • Cardiac ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... Other tests: • CT chest ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... #management #treatment
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
Diagnosis and Management ... septal capillaries Positive ... Diagnosis of DAH ... infiltrates, no pleural ... #Diagnosis #Management
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... Fr hemothorax/empyema ... tube while on positive ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
venous pressure, positive ... Chest x-ray: signs ... edema, bilateral pleural ... effusions). 1/5 ... Consider cardiac
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
pneumonia, ARDS, DAH ... and exudative pleural ... effusions • Acute ... Pleuritic chest ... #diagnosis #management