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Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
in case of Pneumonia ... Progressive URI ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... edema, ARDS, interstitial ... #Pneumonia #Lung
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal ... Syndromes and Mimics ... hemorrhage + rapidly progressive ... aureus infection, ARDS ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... - Pneumonia, ... recurrent - Progressive ... syndrome due to HIV #AIDS
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
, Cryptococcal pneumonia ... - 20% of pneumonias ... cause rapidly progressive ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... consolidation, and/or progression ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #mimics
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
treatment of HIV/AIDS ... be present: • AIDS ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... • JC Virus - Progressive ... Hepatic flare, rapid progression