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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
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
evaluation - Chest ... X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... look for focal a-lines ... Nasopharyngeal PCR ... - CBC with differential
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
prediction models only focus ... tool, called the HEAVEN ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... PCC #Heaven #Criteria ... Difficult #Airway #RebelEM
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Presentation: • 80% have ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... bronchiolitis, PCP ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO #
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... diagnosis for this ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... diagnosis for absence ... of multiple B-lines ... is possible to have ... from the anterior chest