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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 ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical ... effusion #hemorragic #exudative
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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Radiculopathy: Signs ... supplied by the nerve ... disturbance in nerve ... pain Lasegue's sign ... #symptoms #pathophysiology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Stage 3: Severe/exudative ... inner retinal nerve ... arterioles causes optic nerve ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs
Diabetic Foot: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Polyol Pathway - Excess glucose enters Polyol pathway ->
of peripheral nerve ... mechanisms -> Oxidative ... Ischemia, Accelerated nerve ... inflammation, exudate ... #DiabeticFoot #pathophysiology
Plankton Sign in Hemothorax - POCUS

Does ur pt have hemothorax? Look 4 white flecks in fluid
Plankton Sign in ... Hemothorax - POCUS ... #Plankton #Sign ... #Hemothorax #POCUS ... Clinical #Ultrasound #Exudative
Hypothyroid Myopathy
Very common (up to 80% ) in patients with hypothyroidism
Pathophysiology:
 • T4 deficiency leads to
hypothyroidism Pathophysiology ... mitochondrial oxidative ... Hypothyroid #Myopathy #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Hematocrit Sign on Lung POCUS
The hematocrit sign refers to the echogenic layering of material in a
Hematocrit Sign ... on Lung POCUS The ... hematocrit sign ... can be due to exudative ... POCUS 101 @Pocus101
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Femoral Cutaneous Nerve ... purely sensory nerve ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK #pathophysiology ... differential #diagnosis #signs
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
lumbar spine Signs ... damage to sacral nerves ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Transudation or exudation ... bone): facial nerve ... #Mastoiditis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms