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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• Subcostal (SC ... View • Right Ventricular ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Inferior Vena Cava (SC ... ) • SC Abdominal
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
mnemonic for the causes ... most frequently SCC ... most frequently SCC ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Nodule / mass • Masses ... Mediastinal #Widening #Differential ... #radiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS Echocardiogram (S4C)
Can be missed on cardiac monitor - another reason to echo
Ventricular Fibrillation ... Echocardiogram (S4C ... PratsEM #VFib #Ventricular ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... #clinical #cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
QRS width ≥ 0.12 sec ... : • Ventricular ... imbalance • Ventricular ... WCT #diagnosis #cardiology ... electrocardiogram #definition #differential
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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SjS, SLE, DM, SSc ... , PM/SSc OS, MCTD ... Smith, Sm/RNP, Scl ... , PBC/SSc OS ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... Tamponade, pulmonary ... #Nonlschemic #Causes ... Cardiogenic #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Subcostal View

Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#Ventricular #Fibrillation #VFib #Arrest #POCUS #S4C #Clinical
Ventricular Fibrillation ... RJonesSonoEM #Ventricular ... Arrest #POCUS #S4C ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram
It is always great to witness the tremendous reversal of severe biventricular dysfunction from
reversal of severe biventricular ... Case Resolution: ... Myocarditis #plax #psax #a4c ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
Hypercalcemia - Differential ... Tumors: Lung, SCC ... Lymphoma: NHL, CML ... Hypercalcemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes