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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Noninfectious: • Malignancy ... Gastrointestinal disease • Hemothorax ... • Postcardiac injury ... #Effusion #Pulmonary
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound in trauma
False positive for consolidated lung- organized clot in pleural space after
Hemothorax - Thoracic ... organized clot in pleural ... ultrasound #trauma #pulmonary ... #effusion #hemorrhagic ... #clinical #pocus
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Exudative Effusion ... : - Pulmonary ... Chylothorax • Hemothorax ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hematocrit Sign on Lung POCUS
The hematocrit sign refers to the echogenic layering of material in a
material in a pleural ... effusion. ... or a hemothorax ... clinical #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #layering #hemothorax
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Pleural Effusion ... on Lung POCUS ... pleural effusion ... #Complex #Pleural ... #POCUS #Pulmonary
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 Typically ... #Effusion #POCUS ... ultrasound #lung #pulmonary
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Chest Wall/Pleura ... Pneumothorax • Pleural ... Effusion ... • Muscular Injury
Plankton Sign on POCUS
Complex pleural effusion after CABG - plankton sign 
Plankton sign + , swirling
Complex pleural ... effusion after ... suggestive of hemothorax ... #clinical #pulmonary ... #effusion #pleural
Fibrinous septations in Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) - Lung POCUS
 • can be triggered by thoracenteses
septations in Malignant ... Pleural Effusion ... (MPE) - Lung POCUS ... #Pleural #Effusion ... clinical #ultrasound #pulmonary
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... ) indicates an injury ... either a large injury ... pneumothorax • 28-32 Fr hemothorax