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POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare #POCUS ... Algorithm #Ddxof #Lung ... #Pulmonary
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)
• At least 3 different P wave morphologies: 
• Rate 100-180
• Irregular 
Etiology
Secondary to chronic lung ... • Hypoxia • Pulmonary ... hypertension Management ... Tachycardia #MAT #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #ECG #EKG #Management
Algorithm for Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH)
Initial Imaging for Screening - V/Q scan - 90-100%
• Assess for Pulmonary ... Operability → Pulmonary ... ) • Consider Lung ... karanpdesai #cteph #management ... #algorithm #cardiology
Batwing
A bilateral perihilar distribution of consolidation is also called a Batwing distribution.
The sparing of the periphery
periphery of the lung ... most typical of pulmonary ... It is frequently ... seen in chronic lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding)
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
used to treat pulmonary ... (pulmonary support ... If ventilated, frequently ... #ECMO #Basics #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... order of relative frequency ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
More than 100 entities manifest as diffuse lung disease.
Fortunately only about 10 of these account for
manifest as diffuse lung ... of all diffuse lung ... HRCT-presentations of these frequently ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #SHITFACED
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... honeycombing, it frequently ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... and culture if frequent ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... AECOPD #Algorithm #Management ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary