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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential Diagnosis ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial ... effusion • CXR ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hemopericardium on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Valentine's day.  Shot through the heart--but not by Cupid.
Pericardial window ... Diagnosis? ... small amount of pericardial ... Echocardiogram #S4C ... #Effusion #Trauma
Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
CA patient with known pericardial effusion who
Malignant Pericardial ... Effusion and Tamponade ... Echocardiogram - A4C ... treatment. ... Echocardiogram #A4C
RV wall perforation from pacer wire on POCUS

Patient with severe chest pain since last night. SC
SC window shown. ... effusion present ... Diagnosis: RV wall ... echocardiogram #clinical #s4c ... #effusion #pericardial
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
circumferential pericardial ... effusion. ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
you see on this SC ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... clinical #cardiology #A3C
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

S/p mitral repair and MAZE. Hypotensive dyspneic, lightheaded.
Bedside U/S expediting diagnosis treatment
Pulmonary Embolism ... U/S expediting diagnosis ... treatment and transfer ... ultrasound_vcu #Pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #s4c
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Arterial blood gas (ABC ... scanning or pulmonary ... ) on room air Treatment ... no established medical ... #management #treatment
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... guanylate cyclase (sGC ... directly stimualtes sGC ... who respond to medical ... #management #hepatology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
multiplex WORKUP & DIAGNOSIS ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... effusion) • PFTs ... #differential #diagnosis ... #management #treatment