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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural Effusion ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Gastrointestinal disease • Hemothorax ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Possible bilateral effusion ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
the Parasternal Long ... - Pericardial Effusion ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
19 Findings on Lung ... consolidation - Pleural effusion ... alveolar interstitial syndrome ... #ultrasound #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
A 55-year-old ... edema, and clear lungs ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... heart disease, ear ... (unexplained effusions ... plexus, or sclera), lungs ... pain, pleural effusion
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... - What’s the diagnosis ... infected pleural effusion ... Chest #clinical #video ... respiratory #Chest #Lung
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... sparing of the lung
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
injury to the lung ... large injury to lung ... pneumothorax • 28-32 Fr hemothorax ... being on water sear ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Diagnosis: • Dry ... RTA, TYPE I RTA Diagnosis ... thickening or effusion ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Symptomatic: artificial tears