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Apr 18, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read Read on X
Looks like #POCUS ologists are in a mood to revive old #VExUS posts and tweetorials today.
Let me re-share the VExUS flash card(s) 🧵
1. VExUS grading live card
#MedEd #IMPOCUS
Hepatic vein #VExUS #POCUS
Portal vein #VExUS #POCUS
Intra-renal vein #VExUS #POCUS
For those who prefer static flash card #VExUS #POCUS

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Mar 26
#eVExUS (= extended #VExUS) includes evaluation of additional veins when the original 3 veins are unobtainable or unreliable for any reason.
Below👇🧵 is an illustrative case showing abnormal pattern in all these veins.
#POCUS #FOAMed #Nephpearls
1⃣ IVC #ultrasound: dilated Image
2⃣ Hepatic vein #Doppler
Systolic flow reversal #POCUS #VExUS Image
3⃣ Portal vein #Doppler
100% pulsatile Image
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Latest post on NephroPOCUS.com 🔗nephropocus.com/2023/11/20/vex…
Selected #VExUS #POCUS teaching cases.
#FOAMed #Nephpearls #CriticalCare
Follow the thread below 🧵👇 Image
1. A classic #VExUS #POCUS example showcasing how diuretic therapy led to the simultaneous improvement of all three waveforms (hepatic, portal, and intrarenal) alongside improvement in serum creatinine and sodium levels.
🔗 karger.com/bpu/article/51…Image
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🔗 kidneymedicinejournal.org/article/S2590-…Image
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#echofirst views used to evaluate the right heart.
From ASE comprehensive echocardiography textbook/2010 guidelines
#POCUS #MedEd #CriticalCare #IMPOCUS
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Aug 12, 2023
Common #echofirst views used in the #POCUS setting, image acquisition pearls and structures visualized.
Thread below🧵
Courtesy, ASE TTE guidelines 2018
#MedEd #FOAMed #FOAMcc
1⃣ Parasternal window Image
2⃣ Parasternal window continued Image
3⃣ Parasternal window, short axis plane
Often underutilized, can get an idea of TR when apical window is difficult, can do RVOT Doppler as well Image
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Focused question: Is HTN in a #dialysis patient always⬆️ intravascular volume? Remove💧?
Clinical: ESRD due to polycystic kidney disease, BP 160s/~100, IVC not well-visualized.
Next step to assess RAP: #VExUS
Below is hepatic vein Doppler
#POCUS #Nephpearls #FOAMcc
Follow the🧵 https://t.co/xZe23bHvJVtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2/ 👆What do you think?
3/ 👆HV #VExUS is showing resiprophasic D-reversal.
We commonly talk about S-reversal. Where do you see D-reversal? - constrictive pericarditis, tamponade, some cases of severe pulmonary HTN.
Next step: Evaluate the🫀
👇PV looks fine
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Cardiac #POCUS views - image acquisition pearls from JACC POCUS workbook
#MedTwitter #Nephpearls #FOAMed
Thread🧵below:
1/ Image
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