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Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with chest ... Diagnosis? ... the descending aorta ... #clinical
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
(PLAX view) ... Non-ischemic EKG, nl CXR ... What's the Diagnosis ... #Aorta #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Clinical
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with fever ... Blood Cx grew staph ... #aorta #Valve # ... #PLAX #clinical
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Windows
1. ME 5-Chamber view 
2. ME 4-Chamber view 
3. ME-Commissural view 
4. ME
(TEE) Windows 1. ... ME-Ascending Aorta ... ME-Ascending Aorta ... Descending Aorta ... Descending Aorta
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... • Wheezing • Fever ... erosion into the aorta ... or pulmonary artery ... #pulmonary
Pneumonia with Air Bronchograms on Lung POCUS

This patient presents with shortness of breath. What is your
to the thoracic aorta ... with 4d of sob & fever ... similar findings on CXR ... >1 hr after PoC ... #Pulmonary #clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Change in clinical ... - Cataract Plan ... change CV risk Chest ... stratification #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... • Pleuritic chest ... Egophony (May appear 1- ... Uremia (blood urea ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... /50 Rule (part 1) ... and second ribs.1 ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR