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Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound
25 y/o f w acute abd pain and vaginal bleeding. Upreg
Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound ... 25 y/o f w acute ... Global Ultrasound ... Pregnancy #Pelvic #Ultrasound
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
percarditis - Slow y ... myxoma - Rapid y ... defect - Absent y ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) - Basics
Nomenclature:
 - Echogenicity = brightness
 - Hyperechoic = more echogenic
Point of Care Ultrasound ... the image in the Y ... image #pocus #ultrasound
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Echogenicity - Brightness
Probe Positioning
Transducer Orientation
Knobology (DAG):
 • DEPTH - Can increase or
Point of Care Ultrasound ... the image in the Y ... Brightness of image #Ultrasound
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
y descent - ... Thus the y descent ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Discordant with S1 - Y-Descent ... Algorithm #diagnosis #cardiology
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) on Cardiac MRI

16 y with Syncope /differential cyanosis / clubbing - PDA
Cardiac MRI 16 y ... CMRI #clinical #cardiology
Fetal Yawn on Fetal Ultrasound

Baby captured yawning during ultrasound exam. Nap time soon.

Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#Fetal #Yawn
Yawn on Fetal Ultrasound ... yawning during ultrasound ... #Fetal #Yawn #Ultrasound ... POCUS #Obstetrics #Radiology
Secondary hypertension: Screening Checklist
New-onset or uncontrolled hypertension in adults
 • Drug-resistant/induced hypertension
 • Abrupt onset of
hypertension at <30 y ... adults (age >65 y)
Thiazide
diuretics
Carbonic anhydrase
inhibitors
(e.g., acetazolamide)
Nat-Cl symport
Na and HCO;-
reabsorption
Aldosterone
antagonists
(e.g., spironolactone)
Nat channel
(indirect effect)
Loop diuretics (e.g., furosemide)
Amiloride,
#triamterene
Nat-K+-2CF symport
Na channel
(direct effect)
#NaCI reabsorption
NaCI reabsorption y ... + ECF volume y