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Focused Lung Assessment: Transducer positions for the 8 lung zones #EM #Radiology #PCC #POCUS #Focused #Lung
8 lung zones #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #Positioning #ALiEM
Loperamide and QT Prolongation #Clinical #EM #Cardiology #EKG #QT #Prolongation #QTProlongation #Loperamide #ALiEM
Prolongation #Clinical #EM ... #Cardiology #EKG ... QTProlongation #Loperamide #ALiEM
Typical ECG changes in acute pericarditis includes: stage 1 - diffuse, positive, ST elevations with reciprocal
Typical ECG changes ... Elevation of PR ... depression of PR ... inverted #Diagnosis #EM ... IM #Cardiology #EKG
Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
through 6 zones (3 per ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... Technique #Zones #ALiEM
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
prolongation of the PR ... electrocardiogram (ECG ... QRS complex, the PR ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG
Typical ECG changes associated with hyperkalemia. 
→ Peaked T wave
→ Wide PR interval, Wide QRS duration,
Typical ECG changes ... T wave → Wide PR ... such, a normal ECG ... should not necessarily ... #progression #ekg
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
prolongation of the PR ... electrocardiogram (ECG ... QRS complex, the PR ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
Nasopharyngeal PCR ... pathogens (ideally should ... clinically indicated (e.g ... echocardiogram, EKG
Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
field #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #Lung #ALines #ALiEM
Einthoven's triangle is an imaginary formation of three limb leads in a triangle used in electrocardiography,
formed by the two shoulders ... #EM #IM #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG