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Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
Lung Ultrasound ... per side) 1. ... anterior chest 2. ... Peds #EM #PICU #POCUS ... Technique #Zones #ALiEM
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
Pearls: #1 Confirm ... or not. #2 Unstable ... at the bedside #3 ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #clinical #obgyn
Normal IUP Findings 1) Yolk sac: Round fluid-filled structure within the gestational sac, located in the
1) Yolk sac: Round ... the endometrium 2) ... #Clinical #EM #Obgyn ... #Radiology #PelvicUS ... TransAbdmonial #POCUS
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
1. ... supine position 2. ... POCUS) and function ... (e.g. flushes) 3. ... #Instructions #diagnosis
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Management Checklist Evaluation ... Troponin, Lactate, Liver ... on context Rx 1 ... — Treat the lungs ... hypertension Rx 2
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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first step in evaluation ... Sarcoidosis) • Liver ... ovarian tumors, lung ... /light chain) 3. ... #differential #diagnosis
Measuring Bladder Pressure as a Surrogate for Intraabdominal Pressure - Procedure Instructions

1. Place the patient in
Instructions 1. ... supine position 2. ... POCUS) and function ... e.g. flushes) 3. ... #diagnosis #instructions
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
1. look for a ... and tenderness 2. ... wasted on rib fx 3. ... beyond a clinical diagnosis ... #clinical #ultrasound
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... Rhinocerebral 2) ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... , pelvic, gastric ... Inhalation of spores
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
/50 Rule (part 1) ... and second ribs.1 ... was placed on 3 ... /50 Rule (part 2) ... bleeding often from a liver