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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 ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Loculated
Apical Approach Pericardiocentesis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical approach had best pocket + good distance away from lung
Echocardiogram ... Apical approach had best ... distance away from lung ... A4c #clinical #cardiology ... #effusion #pericardial
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 ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Liver function tests ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... edema - Large effusion ... #Management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
anti-GBM) Other tests ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... sparing of the lung ... differential #diagnosis #management
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram

Next best step for this 25yo male (SBP 70)?
Resolution: pericardiocentesis
Next best step ... to definitive managemt ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Effusion ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Pericardial #Cardiology
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 ... days before Pulmonary ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
ventilation-to-perfusion ... hypoxemia may be best ... this stage, the pulmonary ... pressure should be near ... Variations #Diagnosis #Management