Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
- Pericardial Effusion ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Evaluation #Cardiology ... #Effusion #Echocardiogram
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Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
Lyme disease Infectious ... : gonococcal Infectious ... nongonococcal ) #Diagnosis ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion ... #Analysis #Table
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 β€’ Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
spread of MTB infection ... - Loculated effusion ... - Pleural effusion ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... xray #clinical #radiology
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
bronchiolitis in infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 β€’ Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 β€’ Bacterial: Mycobacterium
of Pericardial Effusion ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious: ... , Candida Non-Infectious ... #Causes #cardiology
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
inflammatory or infectious ... ; however, the diagnosis ... WBC < 50,000 #Diagnosis ... Syonvial #Fluid #Effusion ... #Analysis #Table
ASE Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults
 - Chamber Quantification
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Segmental Analysis and Perfusion ... Diastolic Function #Echocardiogram ... Heart #Evaluation #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... has pericardial effusion ... similar sized effusion ... next day due to infectious ... #clinical #cardiology
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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 β€’ Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Radiology β€’ Miliary ... Differential Diagnosis ... Opacities: β€’ Infectious ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary