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Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
and Cardiac Ultrasound ... phased-array probe and abdominal ... exam 2. ... Assess gross LVSF ... POCUS #LungExam #diagnosis
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS Protocol
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension
1. Parasternal Long Cardiac View
2. Apical Four-Chamber
Parasternal Long ... Cardiac View 2. ... Inferior Vena Cava ... DVT depending on clinical ... POCUS #Protocol #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Inoculum 2. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
ventilated • CXR, Lung ... and • SARS-CoV-2 ... COPD Assess ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
than 50/μL) 2. ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... Disease: Clinical ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... Pelvic exam followed ... (see below for diagnosis ... an IUP or not. #2 ... #POCUS #clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Rhinocerebral 2) ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... change in the lungs
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
over the left anterior ... findings and clinical ... /50 Rule (part 2) ... seen on a CXR.2 ... consider intra-abdominal