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Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
on Lung POCUS ... POCUS lung exam ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... RJonesSonoEM #BLines
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sliding/barcode sign ... pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
about a dozen x-ray ... Look for a white line ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Aortic
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
anterior sail sign ... capitellum (age 1), radial ... Splint: Posterior long ... Humerus #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... Chest x-ray: signs ... of CXR congestion
Radius Fracture on POCUS
Great example of the use of POCUS to diagnose a fracture of a
Radius Fracture ... to diagnose a fracture ... of a long bone ... Could also do X-ray ... alignment in both planes
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
US beats CXR on ... Most CXR are wasted ... beyond a clinical diagnosis ... , orient in line ... on long axis with
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This post will focus ... (CXR), try rotating ... not seen on a CXR ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung