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The newest addition to the #PleuralZoo? The coral reef! Note the plankton sign showing some cells floating and the hyperechoic nature of the fluid suggesting an exudative effusion. The pleura is also thickened - ⬆️ing the probability of a malignant effusion - which this was.

From one of our greatest graduates from Class of 2022 and now faculty in our department @malvika_kaul . Go and take a look!!!

Airway clearance is crucial to the management of patients with bronchiectasis. Enjoy this informative infographics created by @malvika_kaul and @DharaniNaren

Closing up our graduation week, with special s/o 📣 to our faculty (Dr. Binder Dr. Ferrer and @ChrisKapp12) and fellows (Dr. Kashyap and @i_acosta) who were nominated and awarded by the IM residency program @UICIMChiefs for excellence in teaching. Congrats to all the graduates!!

🚨We have an unexpected PCCM fellowship spot starting next month (or later) as 1 of our new fellows is unable to join. If interested, please email your CV to our amazing coordinator Kelly kelly.robertson@unmc.edu please retweet ❤️#fellowship #pccm @UNMC_IM

Congratulations to our exceptional graduating fellows! We are proud of you and we know you will all succeed!!! #PCCM #Attendings #MVP @uiccom @UICIMChiefs

Kicking off our graduation week with an amazing potluck lunch by our incredible MICU staff!!! #MVP #graduates

Proud of our 3rd year fellows on becoming Board-Certified in Pulmonary Medicine!! Congratulations. #UIC #ABIM @uiccom @UICDom @UICIMChiefs

Wishing the best of luck to our recent graduates who took their critical care boards today and our third years on their pulmonary boards tomorrow. We are proud of you!!

Is there a better way to start the weekend than with an Endobronchial valve retrieval from RUL after a bronchopleural fistula by our amazing fellow Dr. Green. @accpchest @AAB_IP @ChrisKapp12

Excellent case conference today by one of our PGY3’s Aldon Whitehead discussing a case of DAH in a new diagnosis of aplastic anemia moderated by @patbelvitch and @Irumkhan_hem Key takeaways below @UICDom @uiccom

Congratulations to Jeffrey Jacobson @UIHealth attending of the year!!!

@PulmPEEPs don’t you hate it when you leave food on the counter and your #PleuralDog tries to eat it? Nasty example of an #empyema with pleural thickening. #PleuralZoo #LungPocus photo credit to @i_acosta @UICPCCM

A rare glimpse of a mythological creature makes an appearance in the #PleuralZoo today. #Nessie the #LochNessMonster. @UKPleura have you ever come across Nessie? @dfellerk @PulmPEEPs @AAB_IP

UIC PCCM Fellows presenting at ATS 2022, and also a great time to catch up with one of our alumni from 2021 class #ATS2022 @uiccom

PAP was a topic of discussion at our last Advanced Lung Disease Conference! Check out this #infographic with some of the main points ⏬ #mededmonday #meded #lung #PCCM #lungtransplant #ILD

Do you have a post-ICU recovery clinic in your practice? How is it structured? Many different models were found in this review by Dr. Bakhru and colleagues! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35291316/

1/ 🚨🚨 It is Tuesday and time for another #RadiologyRounds! 🫁🩻 This week we'll take a look at multiple imaging modalities. Let's start with the initial CXR

@UICIMChiefs @UICDom @uicmedpeds Looking forward to work with all these incredible residents in our MICU and Consult services!!

We are incredibly excited to welcome these amazing individuals to the @UICDom and our #UICIMFamily! We cannot wait to meet you all and hope you have a wonderful day celebrating! Congratulations!!!