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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria for diagnosis ... Exudative Pleural Effusion ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Effusion ... differential #ddxof #pulmonary
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Body • Pleural Effusion ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis - CAD ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
- Differential Diagnosis ... Heart failure - CAD ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... Possible small plural effusion ... Possible bilateral effusion ... #differential #diagnosis ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
One-page resource for Lung POCUS in COVID19:
- likely (unproven) sensitive due to peripheral distribution of lesions
CT - pleural effusions ... #coronavirus #pulmonary ... #ultrasound #diagnosis
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Complex Pleural Effusion ... Diagnosis? ... Had known large ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary ... #Ultrasound
Causes of Cyanosis in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Peripheral Only:
 • Poor Perfusion
 • Acrocyanosis
Hemoglobinopathy:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Only: • Poor Perfusion ... Total Anomalous Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
Findings on Lung ultrasound ... consolidation - Pleural effusion ... patients with pulmonary ... COVID19 #Lung #ultrasound ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Large Pleural Effusion on Lung Ultrasound (POCUS)

Usually reach for a smaller footprint (phased or micro-convex) for
Large Pleural Effusion ... on Lung Ultrasound ... micro-convex) for diagnosing ... clinical #pocus #ultrasound ... #lung #pulmonary