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Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... 89-year-old ... Lung ultrasound ... POCUS #Clinical #Pulmonary ... #Effusion
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
Lung U/S shows complex ... effusion suspicious ... #POCUS #complex ... #effusion #pleural ... #pulmonary #ultrasound
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Pleural Effusion ... U/S could be empyema ... #Pleural #Effusion ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary ... #Ultrasound
Parapneumonic Empyema on Lung POCUS

Also note pleural effusion, air bronchograms, intraabdominal FF

Dr. Michael I. Prats @PratsEM

#Parapneumonic
Parapneumonic Empyema ... POCUS Also note pleural ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound ... #complex #effusion ... #pleural
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Mycobacterium avium complex ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... effusion; empyema ... (NHL, primary effusion ... Mycobacterium avium complex
Complex Loculated Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS Ultrasound
22 month old with fever and respiratory failure.

MaimoUltrasound @MaimoUltrasound

#Complex
Complex Loculated ... Pleural Effusion ... on Lung POCUS Ultrasound ... #Effusion #Lung ... #POCUS #pulmonary
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Framework • Fear ... and Anxiety • Pleural ... Effusion • Ascites ... Noncardiogenic pulmonary ... CNS lesion: ALS, MS
Ruptured Achilles Tendon on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Case of the Week! 30 yo M presented
Ruptured Achilles ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... Tendon #Ruptured #Complete ... #Tear #MSK #Clinical ... #POCUS #Ultrasound
Large complex pleural effusion on Lung POCUS

Large complex pleural effusion as the etiology of this patient's
Large complex pleural ... pleural effusion ... #pleural #effusion ... #POCUS #lung #ultrasound ... #clinical #pulmonary
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... Fr hemothorax/empyema ... drainage of an effusion ... being on water sear