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Dec 28 8 tweets 6 min read
#POCUS puzzle 🧩of the day. Can you put together the pieces and arrive at an unifying diagnosis? Go through the thread 🧵below.
Context: #dialysis patient, physical examination #FOAMed #Nephrology #MedEd

Image No. 1 👇
Color #POCUS
Transverse #POCUS , IVC trace down
Transverse/oblique #POCUS color
Cardiac #POCUS
LVOT VTI #POCUS
Can you list all the abnormal findings? are they linked?
Cc some #POCUS friends who may find it relevant
@khaycock2 @IM_Crit_ @ArgaizR @katiewiskar @MDBeni @msiuba

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🔗 to source will be posted in a few hours.
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1/ HV Anatomy & Normal Flow Profile, respiratory variation (forward flow [S,D] ⬆️ during inspiration)

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#POCUS #MedEd #Nephrology #IMPOCUS #FOAMed The normal flow profile in ...
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