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Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
Lung Ultrasound ... for Diagnosing Pneumonia ... through 6 zones (3 ... #Peds #EM #PICU ... #POCUS #Lung #Pneumonia
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis ... Algorithm • Confirm ... → Urinalysis >3 ... and referral to Urology ... #urology #blood
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... Diagnosis of Macroscopic ... neck, prostatic) #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Urology ... #Differential #Algorithm
QA of the Day: Not a lava lamp, HUGE complex hydrocele
#Clinical	#EM #Radiology #Urology	#POCUS #Scrotom #ScrotalUS #Complex
lava lamp, HUGE complex ... hydrocele #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #Urology ... #POCUS #Scrotom ... #ScrotalUS #Complex
Status Epilepticus - Management
Seizure > 5 mins or two seizures without complete recovery between them
PEDS
Benzo Dose
seizures without complete ... Anti-epileptic #3 ... management #treatment #algorithm ... peds #pediatrics #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Unprovoked ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
A complex heterogenous fluid collection (*) and scrotal wall thickening (arrow) #Clinical #EM #Urology #Radiology #POCUS
A complex heterogenous ... arrow) #Clinical #EM ... #Urology #Radiology ... #POCUS #Scrotal
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm - Patient ... presents with complex ... Multiple symptoms; long ... Conversion Disorder - Neurologic
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Long symptom-free ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Algorithm ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
space) Immune-Complex ... staining on IF • No EM ... anti-proteinase 3 ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology