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Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Malignant Complex ... on Lung POCUS ... #Complex #Pleural ... #Effusion #Lung ... #POCUS #Pulmonary
RV Thrombus on POCUS Echocardiogram in a patient with Pulmonary Embolism

It's a little fuzzy but if
RV Thrombus on POCUS ... a patient with Pulmonary ... this parasternal long ... you'll see the cause ... #PulmonaryEmbolism
Lung Empyema on POCUS
When your patient has 3 courses of antibiotics and is not improving you
POCUS When your ... patient has 3 courses ... Lung U/S shows complex ... #complex #effusion ... #pleural #pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... on radioactive lung ... or pulmonary angiography ... HPS features - Complete
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
with CTD, drugs, malignancy ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Rare: pleural effusions ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... on improving perfusion ... drugs, seizures, malignancy ... the patient’s complete ... output - Acute pulmonary
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... exudative pleural effusions ... Exclude other causes ... embolism - Malignancy ... #diagnosis #management
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... pleural effusion ... goals of assessing lung ... #Malignant #Management ... #Pleural #Pulmonary
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
thickening or effusion ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... and Arthritis Malignancy ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management