10 results
Focused Lung Assessment: Transducer positions for the 8 lung zones #EM #Radiology #PCC #POCUS #Focused #Lung
8 lung zones #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #Positioning #ALiEM
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
field #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #Lung #ALines #ALiEM
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... PleuralEffusion #ALiEM
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... Sagittal #Pneumonia #ALiEM
Pediatric Fever Without a Source - 3 months to 3 years - Additional Workup Beyond Urine
Conjugate Vaccines (PCV ... Management #Peds #EM ... Workup #Algorithm #PCV ... PneumococcalConjugateVaccines #NoUTI #ALiEM
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Bilirubin, ↑BUN/Cr ... histopathology, culture, PCR ... Amphotericin B: 3 mg/kg ... total of 21 mg/kg ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
pattern #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #Lung #BLines #ALiEM
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
special stains (e.g ... ribosomal RNA PCR ... - PCR for ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
non-toxigenic • Stool PCR ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR ... saliva sample (e.g ... , and possibly PCR ... testing (e.g., ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases