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False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Point on POCUS ... differentials to pleural ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #mimics
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
ultrasound - ... mild infection; alveolar ... patients with pulmonary ... #ultrasound #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Signs
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound ... beams past the pleural ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... first part of alveolar ... to neurologic injury ... , atrial or ventricular ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
, due to injury, ... of DAH: • DAH triad ... : lung opacities ... infiltrates, no pleural ... #Management #Pulmonary
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... Traumatic brain injury ... interstitium and alveoli ... nervous system injury
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound ... beams past the pleural ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #clinical #pulmonary
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... diagnosis for absence ... not reach the pleural ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #mimics
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... injury • Indirect ... and exudative pleural ... macrophages in alveolar
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Septic Emboli Cause Injury ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG