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Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
jirovecii pneumonia: notes ... from the field Table ... EBM #Diagnosis #POCUS
Junctional Rhythms - Junctional rhythm describes an abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a
coming from a locus ... atrioventricular node ... Junctional #Rhythms #Table
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
Abdominal Pain - Differential ... narrow down your differential ... abdominal pain (Table ... is not exhaustive ... #Diagnosis #Differential
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Lung Point on POCUS ... highlight selected differentials ... This set is not ... False #LungPoint #POCUS ... ultrasound #pulmonary #differential
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Bradycardia - Note ... bradycardia #Causes #differential ... infectiousdiseases #table
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Types 1 and 2, but not ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Low #Potassium #Table
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
filled lung does not ... portion of lung (not ... portion of lung (not ... Profiles #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Differential #
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Pneumonia on Lung POCUS ... POCUS lung exam ... be pulm edema not ... Differential Bilat ... Bilateral B-lines DOES NOT
Causes of ileitis beyond Crohn’s disease and infections include systemic disorders -spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, and amyloidosis
See below for table ... Ileitis: When It Is Not ... #GI #Ileitis #Differential ... #Table
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
crystals does not ... 50,000 #Diagnosis #Differential ... Effusion #Analysis #Table