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Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
Focused POCUS Lung ... phased-array probe and abdominal ... (FIGURE 1) 3. ... #Focused #POCUS ... #LungExam #diagnosis
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
Point-of-care lung ... ultrasound for diagnosis ... the field Table 3: ... findings #EBM #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Lung #Findings
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
Abduction None T7-T12 ... See Dermatomes Abdominal ... Muscles Abdominal ... Plantarflexion Ankle ... #differential #diagnosis
Important Orthopedic Angles
 • Calcaneum Fracture: 
    - Bohler's Angle
incline = 22º (12 ... -28) 3- DRUJ ... Volar tilt = 11º (3- ... females= 17º±3 ... Orthopedics #Angles #diagnosis
Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
Lung Ultrasound ... for Diagnosing Pneumonia ... through 6 zones (3 ... posterior chest 3. ... Peds #EM #PICU #POCUS
Jugular Venous Pressure Measurement
Examiner places the patient in a reclined position and puts the base of
at the sternal angle ... JVP > 4cm with abdominal ... compression, suggests 3- ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... View (A5C) • SC Abdominal ... Aorta Long Axis ... Level • Apical 3- ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
tolerance, and ankle ... Symptoms: cough, abdominal ... satiety, bendopnea. 3. ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS ... correlation in normal lung ... NSIP fibrotic lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #HRCT #POCUS #Lung
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis ... Symptoms: • Abdominal ... 2) pH > 7.3 3) ... AG < 12 4) Glucose ... #Ketoacidosis #Diagnosis