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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
Post-Arrest Liver ... Liver laceration ... UAlberta_Sono #Liver ... #Laceration #cpr ... #POCUS #clinical
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
Exam Bike vs Car ... for sonographic signs ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Liver ... #Trauma
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
CXR and pelvis ... concern for blunt abdominal ... Severe abdominal ... injuries to spleen, liver ... #Injury #clinical
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Management Pneumonia Signs ... • Pleuritic chest ... Uremia (blood urea ... nitrogen level ... Treatment:
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... aches, joint pain, chest ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver