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Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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defined spared areas ... effusion - Usually ... Large pleural effusion ... effusion in the ... more deaerated areas
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... : lung cancer, breast ... tuberculous pericardial effusions ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... effusion (MPE) ... Physicians are not great ... #Effusions #MPE ... #Algorithm #Management
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Chest Wall/Pleura ... Pneumothorax • Pleural ... Effusion ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... : Lung Cancer, Breast ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #cardiology
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... lateral image effusion ... If pleural effusion ... effusions. ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Foreign Body • Pleural ... Effusion • Atelectasis ... Pneumothorax Normal Breath ... #Causes #Peds #
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
Large pleural effusion on Echocardiogram
Does this patient need pericardiocentesis?
In this case, large billateral pleural effusion can
Large pleural effusion ... effusion can sometimes ... with pericardial effusion ... #effusion #Echocardiogram ... #pocus
Massive Pericardial Effusion on Echocardiogram (S4C) demonstrating ECG alternans motion
Massive pericardial effusion, female metastatic breast cancer
Massive Pericardial Effusion ... Massive pericardial effusion ... female metastatic breast ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #pocus #S4C #electrical