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Positive FAST exam at the caudal liver edge

Ultrasound isn't as sensitive for solid organ injury, but
at the caudal liver ... Upper Quadrant (RUQ ... Most Sensitive Area ... #positive #trauma ... #clinical #POCUS
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... - Diagnosis and ... • Pleuritic chest ... Uremia (blood urea ... nitrogen level
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... >1cm, supports diagnosis ... of community-acquired ... imaging such as cxr ... #POCUS #clinical
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
FAST Exam Bike ... vs Car. ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Liver #Trauma
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... disease • Liver ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... frequent and severe community-acquired ... infections: Pneumonia
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... trauma are diagnosed ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... bleeding often from a liver