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Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Hemopericardium on POCUS ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... #clinical #cardiology ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #Trauma
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
useful test and should ... prioritized as the critical ... unstable patients should ... #Management #Trauma ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS

In an unstable pt w/ chest trauma, subxiphoid view FIRST!

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Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion ... with Tamponade on POCUS ... unstable pt w/ chest trauma ... #cardiology #clinical ... #s4c #trauma
Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Septic Arthritis on POCUS

IVDU with severe left shoulder pain.  Can fully range
Septic Arthritis on POCUS ... with severe left shoulder ... Tender on top of shoulder ... showed effusion ... #POCUS #clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... Should be performed ... SpO2 > 88% • Management
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... diastolic septal shudder ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
of blood, pus, effusion ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... generally toward left shoulder ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Resequenced Trauma Resuscitation Algorithm

Two categories of immediate life-threats in trauma:

1. Massive external hemorrhage

2. Critical airway compromise
Resequenced Trauma ... resuscitation should ... focus on hemodynamic ... definitive airway management ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management
Hemopericardium in Cardiac Arrest on POCUS Echocardiogram
GSW to left chest. Prehospital arrest. Note has hemopericardium-isoechoic to
Cardiac Arrest on POCUS ... echogenic/isoechoic effusions ... Cardiac #Arrest #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #trauma #s4c #GSW
MTP Gout Effusion on POCUS
50s male with DM/HTN (no hx gout) and great toe pain-MTP joint.
MTP Gout Effusion ... on POCUS 50s male ... No trauma. ... WBC-48K. ... #Clinical #POCUS