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Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... trauma, active malignancy ... an established malignancy ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Tamponade on POCUS

Parasternal long with some RV collapse explaining this cancer patient's
Malignant Pericardial ... causing Tamponade on POCUS ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #PLAX
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Major Clinical Trials ... NEJM 1999 - ICU FOCUS ... - NEJM 2018 - Cardiac ... Transfusions are ... Transfusion #Thresholds #Hematology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
European descent • Age ... of pregnancy, Cardiac ... - gallstone or malignancy ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup ... #hepatology
Dilated esophagus and stricture in setting of malignancy seen on POCUS cardiac echocardiogram
85 yo has chest
in setting of malignancy ... seen on POCUS cardiac ... Cardiac POCUS shows ... Esophageal #stricture #malignancy ... #clinical #plax
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
physical exam - you are ... @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
velocities during the cardiac ... of 30 to < 50% are ... seen during the cardiac ... Congestion #Diagnosis #POCUS ... #Clinical #Grading
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
Cardiac metastasis ... cancer (10%–12%) & hematologic ... malignancies (10%–21%): malignant ... #metastasis #clinical ... echocardiogram #pocus
An interesting example of complex ascites on POCUS.  Multiple septations are seen- possibility of inflammation
complex ascites on POCUS ... Multiple septations are ... inflammation or malignancy ... ascites #septations #clinical ... #POCUS #abdominal
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
hematological malignancy ... has a bimodal age ... Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... classification #hematology