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Lung Ultrasound: Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema vs ARDS
Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema:
 • Smooth pleural line
 • AIS >
Lung Ultrasound: ... Pulmonary Edema vs ARDS ... pulmonary edema / ARDS ... edema #comparison #clinical ... #diagnosis #ultrasound
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
edema, ARDS, interstitial ... NOT definitively diagnose ... RJonesSonoEM #BLines ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
Chest X-ray - Lung ... ultrasound (thorough ... "lawn-mower" exam ... look for focal a-lines ... as clinically indicated
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
False Positive Lung ... differentials to pleural line ... LungPoint #POCUS #clinical ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound ... #differential #diagnosis
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
The differential diagnosis ... regardless of position ... #absence #Lung ... pneumonia #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #pulmonary
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... venous pressure, positive ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Inhibitors and ARBs
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
pathogenesis and clinical ... > The relative absence ... high-resolution ultrasound ... CPPD Crystals - Positively ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Valley Fever) - Diagnosis ... • Late-term pregnancy ... spherules in the lungs ... ) • skin • bones ... TREATMENT: Clinically
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... infection have positive