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D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... Right Ventricular ... RV Overload “D Sign ... ” EI > 1 - POCUS ... #psax #diagnosis
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Right Indication ... Indication → Pre-test ... Step 2: Pre-test ... #ultrasound #management ... #diagnosis
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram (A4C)

A4c view; RV enlargement & hypokinesis with apical sparing ("McConnell Sign"
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... " c/w acute right ... Diagnosis concerning ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #cardiology
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
and Management ... Symptoms and Signs ... Weight loss (90% ... positive T. whipplei test ... #algorithm #management
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... Extremities - Right ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS ... #ultrasound #findings
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
test or "swinging-flashlight ... test". ... It is a clear sign ... very sensitive diagnostic ... Pupils #MacrusGunn #PhysicalExam
Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal Pelvic Ultrasound

A 31yo female s/p tubal ligation presents with right lower
Transvaginal Pelvic Ultrasound ... What is the best ... will not change management ... Transvaginal #Pelvic #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... Blue Protocol, right ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #clinical #ultrasound
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... echocardiogram to workup right-heart ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... 10 minutes of rest ... SpO2 > 88% • Management ... #management #treatment