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Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
's female with chest ... Differential/diagnosis ... RV, McConnell's sign ... #A4c #clinical ... #cardiology #McConnells
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Feeding Vessel Sign ... on Chest CT • ... • DDx: Septic emboli ... , pulm infarction ... #diagnosis #radiology
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... feeding vessel sign ... The chest film shows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #Radiology #differential ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
Lung infarction ... we see an old chest ... density on the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... • Myocardial Infarction ... • Pulmonary Embolism ... (chest pain often ... Hypertension - Chest
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
Hampton hump is a radiologic ... sign which consists ... periphery of the lung ... confirmed with chest ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Pertinent Chest ... places - Flail chest ... abdominal viscus #cxr ... #diagnosis #signs ... #radiology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
CD4 > 200: Pulm embolism ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... /- High res CT chest ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
and Management Differential ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... , CTA Chest, Echocardiogram