11 results
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
Pericardiocentesis on POCUS ... Apical approach had best ... distance away from lung ... A4c #clinical #cardiology ... #effusion #pericardial
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... Skeletal system • Pericardium ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... Skeletal system • Pericardium ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Echocardiogram A 55-year-old ... edema, and clear lungs ... circumferential pericardial ... effusion. ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
anti-GBM) Other tests ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... effusion) • PFTs ... sparing of the lung ... differential #diagnosis #management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Liver function tests ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... edema - Large effusion ... #Management
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram

Next best step for this 25yo male (SBP 70)?
Resolution: pericardiocentesis
Echocardiogram Next best ... to definitive managemt ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Effusion ... #clinical #Pericardial ... #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... ventricular hypertrophy, pericardial ... serum creatinine, test ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #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