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Point-of-care Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Abscess in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

1. POCUS is more accurate
Ultrasound for Diagnosis ... POCUS is more accurate ... not clinically evident ... POCUS has a negative ... LikelihoodRatios #Accuracy #Diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Pericarditis on POCUS ... BP high-no evidence ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Pericarditis #CP #POCUS
Paraesophageal Abscess on POCUS
Pt with severe chest/abd pain. Ill/febrile. RUSH exam performed.  Diagnosis?  Patient
Paraesophageal Abscess on POCUS ... Diagnosis? ... No evidence of diffuse ... mediastinitis and no evidence ... Paraesophageal #Abscess #POCUS
Thrombolytics for stroke: The evidence - 
A summary of the evidence for (or against) thrombolytics for
for stroke: The evidence ... summary of the evidence ... #Stroke #RCT #Evidence
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Exacerbation - Diagnostic ... Adapted from JAMA Evidence ... #physicalexam #diagnosis
Evidence for Epinephrine in OHCA #epi #epinephrine #adrenaline #OHCA #resuscitation #cardiacarrest #table
Evidence for Epinephrine
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
antibiotics • No evidence ... stability • No evidence ... instability • Evidence ... initiation • No evidence ... Algorithm #CRBSI #diagnosis
Summary of Evidence for Mechanical CPR for OHCA #EBM #EM #Prehosp #MechanicalCPR #Mechanical #CPR #OHCA
Summary of Evidence
Cirrhosis - Illustrated signs and symptoms:
Integumentary, neurologic, gastrointestinal, portal hypertension effects, hematologic, renal, metabolic, cardiovascular, reproductive

#Diagnosis
reproductive #Diagnosis ... Recommended Text: Evidence-Based ... Physical Diagnosis
Summary of Major Trials of Steroids in Sepsis

- Vivek Moitra, MD
@vmoitra

#Steroids #Sepsis #Corticosteroids #EBM #Evidence #Trials
Corticosteroids #EBM #Evidence