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Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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Main Lung Ultrasound ... defined spared areas ... Large pleural effusion ... more deaerated areas ... COVID19 #POCUS #Lung
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
COVID-19 on Lung ... no shortness of breath ... effusion, thickened ... Thickening #COVID19 #clinical ... #lung #ultrasound
Lung Ultrasound: Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema vs ARDS
Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema:
 • Smooth pleural line
 • AIS >
Edema: • Smooth pleural ... • Irregular pleural ... line + sub-pleural ... Areas of sparing ... edema #comparison #clinical
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural ... effusion; sometimes ... low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
effusion (MPE) ... Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... goals of assessing lung ... Physicians are not great ... #Algorithm #Management
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... metastatic spread: lung ... cancer, breast ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
of Pericardial Effusion ... - Metastatic: Lung ... Cancer, Breast ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... bubble and the lung ... diaphragm and the lung ... bubble to the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
skin (esp. over areas ... friction rub audible Lungs ... Inflammation of pleural ... effusion on CXR ... cause interstitial lung
Large complex pleural effusion on Lung POCUS

Large complex pleural effusion as the etiology of this patient's
Large complex pleural ... effusion on Lung ... effusion as the ... progressive shortness of breath ... #clinical #pulmonary