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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Spectrum of Disease ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... 3: Spectrum of Disease ... #ultrasound #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
Chronic kidney disease ... Disease Progression ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... 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
Chronic kidney disease ... Disease Progression ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculin skin test ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Summary
 - Diagnosis
 - Clinical Workflow
 - PPIs
 - Treatment
 - Acid
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... - Diagnosis - Clinical ... Gastroesophageal #Reflux #Disease ... #GERD #gastroenterology ... #diagnosis #management
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
chronic kidney tests ... Test for celiac ... disease with serology ... change medical management ... workup #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing ... has a positive TST ... result with no clinical ... intermediate risk of disease ... to have their TST
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... Tuberculosis - ... Diagnosis and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease
Tuberculous pericarditis with an effusive-constrictive physiology

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#Tuberculous #pericarditis #constrictive #a4c #Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Tuberculous pericarditis ... Ivan_Echocardio #Tuberculous ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Tuberculous Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram (S4C)
Here is an immunosuppressed patient with culture proven TB pericardial
Tuberculous Pericardial ... Effusion on POCUS ... Pericardial #Effusion #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #S4C #clinical ... #cardiology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Clinical ... locally advanced disease ... express Laboratory tests ... RCC #Diagnosis #Management