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Hydro-Point: Ultrasound sign of air-fluid level in the pleura

Pleural effusion and lung point in the same
Hydro-Point: Ultrasound sign ... of air-fluid level ... pleura Pleural effusion ... #AirFluidLevel ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
without warning signs ... Dengue with warning signs ... the following signs ... Intense abdominal ... classification #diagnosis
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
-14 days): • Fever ... • Conjunctival suffusion ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
(SLE) General: Fever ... 50%): Pleurisy / effusion ... valve lesions Abdominal ... erythematosus #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Symptoms and signs of Leptospirosis
Acute phase:
 - Fever and headache
 - Conjunctival suffusion, jaundice, and photophobia
Symptoms and signs ... - Conjunctival suffusion ... - Cough - Abdominal ... Leptospirosis #Symptoms #signs ... #diagnosis #phases
Signs and Symptoms of Renal Infarction
 • Abdominal or flank pain
 • Leukocytosis
 • Fever
 •
Signs and Symptoms ... Infarction • Abdominal ... Leukocytosis • Fever ... Renal #Infarction #Signs ... #Symptoms #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • CT: Halo sign ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... pneumonia, pleural effusion ... #differential #diagnosis
Pediatrics Sepsis Screening
SIGNS OF INFECTION?
 • Fever (>38C)
 • Hypothermia (<36C)
 • Cough/chest pain/respiratory distress
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Sepsis Screening SIGNS ... respiratory distress • Abdominal ... output • Other signs ... hospitalization SIGNS ... Pediatrics #peds #diagnosis
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... Several of the diagnoses ... This post will focus ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver