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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... staining, NAA (PCR
To evaluate the hip for an effusion with POCUS begin just medial to the ASIS, in
with POCUS begin ... Hip effusions typically ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #EM #Radiology ... #Ortho #POCUS #Hip
POCUS - Pyomyositis - Long Axis - A collection that is not acute may not appear
POCUS - Pyomyositis ... - Long Axis - A ... a large joint effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #Ortho #POCUS #
POCUS - Pyomyositis - Transverse Axis - A collection that is not acute may not appear
POCUS - Pyomyositis ... contralateral hip ... a large joint effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #Ortho #POCUS #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... or diagnostic tests ... output - Acute pulmonary ... Ethylene glycol - HIV
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... #Lung #Pulmonary