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Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... 89-year-old ... Lung ultrasound ... Pleural Effusion ... #Pulmonary #Loculated
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
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... determine if stress test ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
hypoxemia may be best ... this stage, the pulmonary ... pressure should be near ... scan, primarily located ... Phenotypes #Variations #Diagnosis
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
long_brit) Case A 39-year-old ... his centrally located ... This post will focus ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary