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Point-of-care Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Abscess in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

1. POCUS is more accurate
Point-of-care Ultrasound ... Skin and Soft Tissue ... POCUS is more accurate ... abscess is not clinically ... POCUS has a negative
Palpable Skin Crepitus on Physical Exam

Notice these air bubbles under the skin. An 86-year-old woman with
Palpable Skin Crepitus ... bubbles under the skin ... air under the skin ... #skin #Palpable ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Algorithm for the Management ... of Purulent skin ... or those with clinical ... such as bullae, skin ... #skin #softtissue
Ultrasound Guided Fascia Iliaca Nerve Block 

S: Linear transducer viewing soft tissue @ 4cm depth. On
Ultrasound Guided ... Fascia Iliaca Nerve ... penetrating skin ... #clinical #anesthesia ... #POCUS #labeled
Gallbladder with SIN (Stone in Neck) on POCUS

Labeled Schematic: https://twitter.com/EUSmkh/status/902697803251683328

#Stone #Neck #SIN #Gallbladder #Cholelithiasis #POCUS #clinical
Gallbladder with SIN ... on POCUS Labeled ... #Stone #Neck #SIN ... Cholelithiasis #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Arm Epidermoid Cyst on POCUS Ultrasound
Patient presents with right arm pain and focal swelling. Diagnosis?
Answer: Epidermoid
Epidermoid Cyst on POCUS ... Ultrasound Patient ... cyst - benign skin ... Epidermoid #Cyst #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #clinical
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Disease #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
response to local skin ... retinal damage) • Skin ... test (this is a skin ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Stone in Neck (SIN) Sign of Acute Cholecystitis

Always eval the GB neck - impacted stone-in-neck (SIN)
Stone in Neck (SIN ... (SIN) is a sign ... SIN had a sn of ... #Stone #Neck #SIN ... #clinical #ultrasound
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... anemia, yellow skin ... palpitations), skin ... • P/E - GI and derm ... Deficiency #diagnosis #management