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Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Pleural Effusion ... on Lung POCUS ... Diagnosis? ... pleural effusion ... #POCUS #Pulmonary
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
- Thickened pleural ... effusion is rare ... patients with pulmonary ... Lung #ultrasound #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
with CTD, drugs, malignancy ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... other processes Workup ... #ILD #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
A 55-year-old ... to workup right-heart ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Malignant RV Mass on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
57yo M with chest pain.  Normal work up including
Malignant RV Mass ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... (PLAX) 57yo M with ... Normal work up including ... #Echocardiogram
Metastatic Sarcoma causing Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS
This 50 yo man had an aggressive sarcoma with cardiac
with cardiac and pulmonary ... No pericardial effusion ... #Sarcoma #malignant ... #clinical #echocardiogram ... #plax
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
and exudative pleural ... effusions • Acute ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... embolism - Malignancy ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... the critically ill ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... drugs, seizures, malignancy ... output - Acute pulmonary
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
full infectious work-up ... Hypercalcemia of malignancy ... renal failure, pulmonary ... opacities, SOB, pleural ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Farmer and forestry work ... The Disease: • Pulmonary ... adjacent to the focus ... cerebellum Diagnosis ... preparations of sputum, pleural