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POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... for the Use of Ultrasound ... Evaluation of Dyspnea ... #Diagnosis # ... #Ddxof #Lung #Pulmonary
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... A-lines (parietal pleura ... due to thickened pleura ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Effusions • Pleural ... Acidosis #Chronic #Dyspnea ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Diagnosis Framework ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... - Blood • Pleura ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #pulmonary
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Tamponade* • CHF Pleural ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Right pleural effusion with "spine sign" seen beautifully by using large footprint curvilinear transducer on lung
Right pleural effusion ... (POCUS) Dr. ... Sign #Clinical #POCUS ... #Lung #Pleural ... #pulmonary
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound in trauma
False positive for consolidated lung- organized clot in pleural space after
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound ... organized clot in pleural ... Organized clot in pleural ... #trauma #pulmonary ... hemorrhagic #clinical #pocus
One-page resource for Lung POCUS in COVID19:
- likely (unproven) sensitive due to peripheral distribution of lesions
resource for Lung POCUS ... lesions on CT - pleural ... ChrisAllison_VT #Lung #POCUS ... #coronavirus #pulmonary ... #ultrasound #diagnosis
Spine sign: visualization of the vertebral bodies in the thoracic cavity above the diaphragm indicative of
indicative of pleural ... the absence of pleural ... #SpineSign #POCUS ... #Effusion #Pulmonary ... #Lung #Ultrasound