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COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
2 after COVID diagnosis ... pleural line & ... Thickening #COVID19 #clinical ... lung #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #BLines #POCUS
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
effusion - Reduced ... Possible bilateral effusion ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
intervals deep to the pleural ... the near field #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #ALines #ALiEM
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
- Thickened pleural ... effusion is rare ... patients with pulmonary ... Lung #ultrasound #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Signs
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
arising from the pleural ... pattern #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #BLines #ALiEM
One-page resource for Lung POCUS in COVID19:
- likely (unproven) sensitive due to peripheral distribution of lesions
lesions on CT - pleural ... effusions uncommon ... sick but no B-lines ... #coronavirus #pulmonary ... #ultrasound #diagnosis
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
of Exudative Pleural ... Effusion in adults ... differential #ddxof #pulmonary ... #im #radiology ... #clinical
Large Pleural Effusion on Lung Ultrasound (POCUS)

Usually reach for a smaller footprint (phased or micro-convex) for
Large Pleural Effusion ... micro-convex) for diagnosing ... pleural effusions ... #Effusion #clinical ... #lung #pulmonary
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
in normal lung, pulmonary ... disease, idiopathic pulmonary ... from a smooth pleura ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #HRCT #POCUS #Lung
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... PleuralEffusion #ALiEM