7 results
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... Step 2: Pre-test ... & Specificity Assess ... #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
tilted towards R shoulder ... This view helps assess ... Short #Axis #PSAX #echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #POCUS ... #labeled #anatomy
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... ventricular septal shift ... diastolic septal shudder ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
on Transvaginal POCUS ... +preg test. ... (see below for diagnosis ... Unstable patients should ... Transvaginal #Pelvic #Ultrasound
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
defect (Type 1) or anatomic ... echocardiography - Assess ... Should be performed ... 10 minutes of rest ... HPS Diagnostic
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... What we should be ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... assessment - assess ... tests before beginning
Retained Bullet on POCUS
Although it kinda looks like an eyeball, the clinical scenario here was a
So is it an abscess ... Should we cut it ... and any other diagnostic ... test you want to ... clinical #ultrasound