Pericardial Consistency Comparison on POCUS - Blood, Fat, Pus and Serous

Unclotted blood remains anechoic around clotted blood giving snakelike appearance. Fat pad has echoes throughout that move with the heart. Purulent pceff may have loculations moving independently from cardiac movemt. Serous effusion tends to be anechoic.

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Meghan Kelly Herbst, MD @eusmkh · 5 years ago
UCONN Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine. Ultrasound Fellowship Yale 2011. Family, patients, education, running = my life. https://twitter.com/EUSmkh | https://www.instagram.com/eus_mkh/
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