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Plankton Sign on Lung POCUS

Plankton sign = floating debris --> the swirling, punctiform internal echoes within
Plankton Sign on ... Lung POCUS Plankton ... This suggests exudative ... #Plankton #Sign ... #exudative #pleural
Pleural Effusion - Workup, Diagnostic Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural #Effusion #Transudative #Exudative #Differential #Algorithm
Pleural Effusion ... - Workup, Diagnostic ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Transudative #Exudative ... #Lights #Criteria
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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Causes of Pleural ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Exudative Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Plankton Sign in Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
Typically highly suggestive of hemothorax
In this patient:
  PH
Plankton Sign in ... Pleural Effusion ... on Lung POCUS ... PH 7.40 Exudate ... #Effusion #POCUS
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Urinothorax Exudate ... Subphrenic abscess Exudate ... #causes
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
• Conjunctival suffusion ... (redness w/o exudate ... rash • Others: nausea ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... (A) a dilated inferior ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
the following criteria ... and no apparent focus ... ascites, pleural effusion ... , pericardial effusion ... classification #diagnosis
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Transudation or exudation ... postauricular crease • Inferior ... hearing loss, nausea ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis