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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
's female with chest ... POCUS (apical window ... RV, McConnell's sign ... Echocardiogram #A4c ... #clinical #cardiology
Double Apical Impulse (S4) Visualization on Physical Exam - A small stick taped to the chest
Double Apical Impulse ... stick taped to the chest ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Signs #Cardiology ... #NEJM
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Patterns of Involvement ... thickening in the apical ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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- Chest Radiology ... #Chest #Radiology ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Tree-in-Bud Sign on Chest CT
 • Multiple centrilobular nodules arranged in a linear branching pattern.
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on Chest CT • ... linear branching pattern ... • DDx: NTM, atypical ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... places - Flail chest ... air leak after chest ... NG tube in the chest ... #radiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Calcification (seen in CT ... eggshell pattern ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
demonstrate an apical ... strain related to pulmonary ... infarct or acute chest ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #labeled
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... x-ray (CXR), try ... radiograph pattern ... wall, a chest x-ray ... #Radiology #CTChest
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
suspected) - CT ... chest; CT abdomen ... decompression SVC ... interventional radiology ... renal failure, pulmonary