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Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
(see below for diagnosis ... Pearls: #1 Confirm ... an IUP or not. #2 ... at the bedside #3 ... #obgyn #obstetrics
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... “D Sign” EI > 1 ... #echocardiogram ... #psax #diagnosis ... #cardiology #pocus
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... Level • Apical 2- ... Level • Apical 3- ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echo (FATE) - Basic FATE views

Pos 1: Subcostal 4-chamber

Pos 2: Apical 4-chamber

Pos 3:
FATE views Pos 1: ... -chamber Pos 2: ... Transthoracic #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Windows ... #Protocol #Ultrasound
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
components 1) Transducer ... Suprasternal Notch 2) ... Plane, e.g., LAX, SAX ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
Cardiac Output 1) ... Calculate LVOT Area 2) ... Calculate LVOT VTI 3) ... #Echocardiogram ... #diagnosis
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS Protocol
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension
1. Parasternal Long Cardiac View
2. Apical Four-Chamber
and Hypotension 1. ... Cardiac View 2. ... Cardiac View 3. ... in a search for Ectopic ... #Protocol #diagnosis
Early Systolic Notching (ESN) Measurement on POCUS
Here is how you evaluate for Early Systolic Notching
1) Parasternal
Systolic Notching 1) ... Fan to find PV 2) ... wave doppler 3) ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #cardiology #psax
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
x 10 Rhythm (1) ... - LoPR: WPW, ectopic ... 500 DANGER - Short ... Approach #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Cardiac Sarcoidosis on Echocardiogram

Spot diagnosis for the fellows. Thinned, dyskinetic basal septum in patient who presents
Spot diagnosis ... sarcoidosis #cardiac #pocus ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #echocardiogram ... #plax #cardiology