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Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... x-ray hides - Loculated ... Pleural Effusion ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Pleural #Effusion
Complicated Pleural effusion - Empyema on POCUS

M60 YO with chronic shortness of breath and fever .
effusion - Empyema ... Lung Ultra Sound ... #Effusion #Empyema ... #Clinical #Septations ... #Loculated
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
apical region - Loculated ... effusion or empyema ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Loculated Pleural Effusion on Lung Ultrasound

Loculations get me every time! This one's pleural 

Dr. J. Christian
Loculated Pleural ... Effusion on Lung ... #Pleural #Effusion ... #Empyema #Complicated ... #POCUS #Clinical
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... drain on POCUS ... effusion where ... #clinical #video ... #Lung
Malignant Pleural Effusions
Malignant pleural effusion with atelectasis. Echo was ordered after chest x-ray to rule out
pleural effusion ... ordered after chest ... x-ray to rule out ... #effusion #lung ... #clinical #pocus
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... edema, bilateral pleural ... effusions). 1/5 ... → no signs of CXR
Esophageal Rupture with Gastric Contents seen on Lung Ultrasound
Middle aged patient with oesophageal Ca presents generally
Contents seen on Lung ... Patient had CXR ... Note a large pleural ... effusion with highly ... #POCUS #clinical
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
his centrally located ... x-ray (CXR), try ... wall, a chest x-ray ... not seen on a CXR ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung