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Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
ultrasound for ... jirovecii pneumonia ... ultrasound findings ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Lung #Findings
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS ... #ultrasound #findings
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Lung POCUS Young ... POCUS lung exam ... Lung POCUS shows ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #ultrasound
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
Lung Findings on ... pulmonary edema and pneumonia ... swelling, secretions, tumor ... words louder #Lung ... #PhysicalExam #diagnosis
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... multiple ill-defined masses ... the differential diagnosis ... The lab-findings ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

This
This POCUS finding ... have multifocal pneumonia ... on CXR/CT imaging ... clinical #photo #ultrasound ... #lung #pulmonary
Pneumonia with Air Bronchograms on Lung POCUS

This patient presents with shortness of breath. What is your
Pneumonia with Air ... POCUS This patient ... on CXR >1 hr after ... #POCUS #Pulmonary ... #clinical #ultrasound
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... non-pulmonary findings ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... array viewing the lung ... >1cm, supports diagnosis ... imaging such as cxr ... #lung #ultrasound
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... ear examination findings ... subdural hematoma, lung ... #differential #diagnosis