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Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
artifacts - A-lines ... to the pleural line ... field #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #ALines
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
B-lines are visualized ... erasing the A-line ... pattern #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #BLines
Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
Lung Ultrasound ... for Diagnosing Pneumonia ... through 6 zones (3 per ... #Peds #EM #PICU ... #POCUS #Lung #Pneumonia
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
emergency airway management ... prediction models only focus ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... PCC #Heaven #Criteria ... Difficult #Airway #RebelEM
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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hemoptysis, diarrhea Diagnosis ... antibody test • PCR ... Tetracyclines are first line ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... organism into the lungs ... Culture & GS, PCR ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... PCR is gold standard ... Benznidazole (first line ... PCR not useful for ... #Management #Microbiology
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... through animal bites ... specificity of PCR ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #management #treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Abscess Management ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... residual lesion or is clear
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... relevance of +PCR ... and -AFB is not clear ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #