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Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
Focused POCUS Lung ... Select phased-array probe ... With probe marker ... Consider linear probe ... for pleural details
Step by step approach for diagnosis of pleural effusion by Lung Ultrasound

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-018-1062-x

#Diagnosis #POCUS #Lung #Pleural #Effusion
for diagnosis of pleural ... effusion by Lung ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Lung ... #Pleural #Effusion ... Instructions #Steps #Algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Interstitial lung ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
friction rub audible Lungs ... Inflammation of pleural ... membranes irritates pleural ... effusion on CXR ... cause interstitial lung
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... History of cancer, lung ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
the Ventilator - Algorithm ... consider draining pleural ... Diuresis — Dry lungs ... are happy lungs ... Weaning #Ventilator #Algorithm
Ventilator Troubleshooting Summary
High PIP, nl Pplat:
 - DDx: Tubing problem, Bronchospasm, Secretions
 - Next Steps: Check
- DDx: Tubing problem ... Next Steps: BS, CXR ... DDx: Obstructive lung ... Steps: Bag, BS, CXR
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

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with lung-rockets ... indicates anterior lung ... thickened, irregular pleural ... A-profile at one lung ... BLUE #protocol #Algorithm
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Pleural ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... bubble and the lung ... diaphragm and the lung ... bubble to the lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR