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POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... #Diagnosis # ... Management #CriticalCare ... #POCUS #Dyspnea ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pericardial ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Asthma • COPD
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
apart): Cough, Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis ... CBC, cr, ESR, CRP ... , biopsy By Tess ... #differential #diagnosis
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management ... Algorithm STEMI: ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... , H/O COPD, asthma ... #Management #Algorithm
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... lung sliding COPD ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
(IBS) - Pathophysiology ... , Diagnosis and ... Management Algorithm ... less common: Life stress ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
History: cough, dyspnea ... studies legionella/strep ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Illness Script PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... Males=Females SIGNS ... Symptoms: Cough, dyspnea ... : Clinical diagnosis ... #management #pulmonary
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome ... Appropriate ADH: Post Op ... Stress, Nausea, ... Pulmonary Diseases ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
over areas of stress ... interstitial lung disease/pulmonary ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #ExtraArticular