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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Complex Pleural Effusion ... on Lung POCUS ... Diagnosis? ... Source of infection ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
consolidation - Pleural effusion ... stage and in mild infection ... patients with pulmonary ... Lung #ultrasound #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... - Differential Diagnosis ... roots, is a hot spot ... sardonic" smile, abdominal ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary complications of targeted therapy
-Immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. pembrolizumab)
-Pneumonitis is uncommon (~5% of patients) but can
Pulmonary complications ... -It’s a diagnosis ... exclusion: rule out infection ... There are case reports ... of pleural effusion
Fibrinous pericardial effusion with tamponade on POCUS

80F w AFib w pacemaker on warfarin presents with n/v
with tamponade on POCUS ... this parasternal short ... , cancer, bact infection ... #hemorrhagic #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PSAX
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... - Differential Diagnosis ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... pneumonia, pleural effusion ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... 3) Abdominal, ... Inhalation of spores ... : • Pulmonary (
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
Perfusion Pressure ... POCUS) and function ... the Foley side port ... distal to the port ... #Instructions #diagnosis
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
infection suspected ... CT abdomen if abdominal ... pain; full infectious ... renal failure, pulmonary ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis