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Lung POCUS for diagnosis of Acute Chest Syndrome (ACS) - Visual Abstract
How accurate is point of
ultrasound in diagnosing ... Sensitivity: 87% - Specificity ... #POCUS #ultrasound ... #diagnosis #ebm ... #visualabstract
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest ... pain, a normal chest ... x-ray and and ECG ... Beside ultrasound ... Northwestern University #Clinical
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
has higher specificity ... rubella titer, ACE ... years with neck, chest ... , and low back pain ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Signs: weight gain ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... S 64-79%), 95% specificity
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
sensitivity and specificity ... has five major clinical ... , chest pain • ... Urinary antigen testing ... Meningitis, septic arthritis