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Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
reflection) Pneumonia ... effusion - Reduced ... to thickened pleura ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiovascular ... Effusion ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... • Interstitial lung ... Malformation • Severe Pneumonia ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Point on POCUS ... intended to be all-inclusive ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #mimics
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Parenchyma: • Pneumonia ... • Interstitial lung ... : • Pleural effusion
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Tamponade Pulmonary ... Alveoli: - CHF - Pneumonia ... • Pleura: - ... Effusion - Pneumothorax ... #Chest #Pain #ChestPain
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Infectious: • Pneumonia ... #Effusion #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Pulmonary teaching ... was admitted for pneumonia ... - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... #Chest #Lung
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
community-acquired pneumonia ... patterns, small pleural ... effusions) ... blastomycosis – can mimic ... presentation of TB, lung
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
Lung sliding & pneumonia ... on POCUS The differential ... diagnosis for absence ... #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #mimics