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The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
The BLUE-protocol ... #BLUE #protocol ... Algorithm #Dyspnea #CriticalCare ... #POCUS #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Ultrasound
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
The BLUE-protocol ... to the ICU The BLUE-protocol ... Algorithm #Dyspnea #CriticalCare ... #POCUS #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Ultrasound
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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... ABG, STAT CXR, CTA ... Chest, Echocardiogram ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... score for PE • CTA ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
air-fluid level (blue ... attached to the chest ... airways leading to pulmonary ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #RadiologyAssistant
There is a large pericardial effusion, which is located posteriorly to the left ventricle (blue arrow).
The
left ventricle (blue ... explains why the ultrasound ... Clinical #Radiology #CTS ... #CTChest #PostSurgical ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... embolism Pathophysiology ... not specific • Chest ... CTA showing thromboembolic
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
Pulmonary sequestration ... from the aorta (blue ... Radiology #CXR #CtChest ... #Pulmonary #Sequestration ... PulmonarySequestration #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
The clue here is
The clue here is ... enlargement of pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... Thromboembolism #RadiologyAssistant
Right ventricle enlargement
First study the PA and lateral chest film and then continue reading.
On these chest
PA and lateral chest ... On these chest films ... small aortic knob (blue ... the right lower pulmonary ... RightVentricularEnlargement #RadiologyAssistant