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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 ... #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Point on POCUS ... in pneumothorax-related ... #clinical #lungcardiac ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound ... #differential #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... Related to defecation ... cultures, but test ... Rule out celiac disease ... Balloon Expulsion Test
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Summary Clinical ... and a palpable abdominal ... initial test: abdominal
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... disease, interstitial ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Management ... treatment • Delayed
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Areas of diagnostic ... ARLD, alcohol-related ... liver disease; ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... Clinical history ... biliary, renal, lung ... specific laboratory tests ... #Disease #diagnosis
Dilated Fluid-filled Stomach on Gastric POCUS

Abd pain+vomiting+peritonitis -> Massively dilated stomach on #POCUS. NG tube placed
pna in the lower lung ... Do a diagnostic/ ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #clinical #Stomach ... #POCUS
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... underlying liver disease ... Brain Failure Lung ... Cirrhosis #Hepatology #gastroenterology ... #management #diagnosis