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Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... a flail chest, initially ... by CXR, so use ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... Four rib fractures ... a flail chest, initially ... by CXR, so use ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Pericardial fatpad
Pericardial fat depositions are common.
Sometimes a large fat pad can be seen (figure).
Necrosis of the
Pericardial fatpad ... has pathologic features ... acute pleuritic chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
Rib fractures on ... in line on long ... course based on chest ... #Rib #fracture # ... POCUS #clinical
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... edema, and clear lungs ... circumferential pericardial ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Rib Fractures Rib ... fracture on a chest ... seen on a CXR.2 ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary