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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.emsono.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>EMsono - Online Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Education</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/</link><description>Online Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Education</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)</generator><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 91</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/09/02/Case-of-the-Week-Case-91.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:392</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;48-year-old male presents with severe upper abdominal pain that was sudden in onset.&amp;nbsp; The patient has no PMH although he relates a history of heavy ETOH abuse.&amp;nbsp; His vitals reveal a stable BP but the patient&amp;#39;s heart rate is in the 130&amp;#39;s.&amp;nbsp; His abdominal exam reveals &lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/Case/tn_cow_1Sep08.jpg" alt="EMsono Case of the Week.  Emergency Ultrasound" align="right" border="0" height="153" hspace="12" width="211" /&gt;exquisite tenderness with guarding in the midepigastric and RUQ regions…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/member/cases/1sep08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=392" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/FAST/default.aspx">FAST</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/RUQ/default.aspx">RUQ</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Advanced/default.aspx">Advanced</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pelvicerforated+viscus/default.aspx">Pelvicerforated viscus</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 90</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/08/25/Case-of-the-Week-Case-90.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:391</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;A 54-year-old male presents with a significant UGI bleed.&amp;nbsp; He seeks his care at an outside hospital and you have no records for him at your hospital.&amp;nbsp; Due to his GI bleeding, you want to fluid resuscitate the patient but are concerned due &lt;img height="153" alt="EMsono Emergency Medicine Case" hspace="13" src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/Images/Case/tn_COW_25Aug08.jpg" width="211" align="right" border="0" /&gt;to his CHF history.&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused echo to assess for global LV function and note the following…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/25Aug08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=391" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Advanced/default.aspx">Advanced</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Cardiac/default.aspx">Cardiac</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/CVP/default.aspx">CVP</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 89</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/08/18/Case-of-the-Week-Case-89.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:388</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;A 28-year-old male presents with chest pain after being struck in the chest with a baseball bat injury to his chest while playing ball. His vitals are BP 110/74, HR 118, RR 26, PO 93% on RA. You perform a bedside ultrasound… &lt;img height="140" alt="Emergency Ultrasound Case" hspace="12" src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/Images/Case/tn_COW_18Aug08.jpg" width="206" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/18Aug08/August%2018th,%202008%20Case%20of%20the%20Week/player.html" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=388" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/trauma/default.aspx">trauma</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/lung/default.aspx">lung</category></item><item><title>August 2008 Challenge</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/2008/08/15/August-2008-Challenge.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:387</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;56-year-old female with metastatic breast CA presents with dyspnea and hypotension.&amp;nbsp; You are &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/Images/Challenge/tn_Chall_Aug08.jpg" alt="EMsono Ultrasound Challenging Cases" align="right" border="0" height="163" hspace="12" width="206" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; concerned that the patient has a pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology and perform a focused echo.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Challenge/August2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Take the Challenge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=387" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Cardiac/default.aspx">Cardiac</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Advanced/default.aspx">Advanced</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Lung/default.aspx">Lung</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Pericardial+Effusion/default.aspx">Pericardial Effusion</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Pleural+Effusion/default.aspx">Pleural Effusion</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 88</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/08/11/Case-of-the-Week-_2D00_-Case-_2300_-88.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:386</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;During your ED shift, a resident comes to you and asks you to look at a 1st trimester OB scan he has performed.&amp;nbsp; He is concerned about impending fetal demise due to severe fetal bradycardia.&amp;nbsp; The resident shows you the following &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/Images/Case/tn_COW_11Aug08.jpg" alt="Emergency Ultrasound Cases - EMsono" align="right" border="0" height="148" hspace="12" width="201" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; video and you note the following…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/11Aug08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=386" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pelvic/default.aspx">Pelvic</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/OB/default.aspx">OB</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pregnancy/default.aspx">Pregnancy</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pelvic+US/default.aspx">Pelvic US</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Practical+Scanning/default.aspx">Practical Scanning</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 87</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/08/03/Case-of-the-Week-Case-87.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:382</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;24-year-old female presents with vaginal spotting and cramping.&amp;nbsp; Her quant HCG is 2241.&amp;nbsp; She is at 10 weeks by dates.&amp;nbsp; She is hemodynamically stable.&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused ultrasound.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The mean sac diameter was calculated &lt;img height="137" alt="EMsono Ultrasound Education" hspace="12" src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/Images/Case/tn_COW_4Aug08.jpg" width="201" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(28 mm)...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/4Aug2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=382" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pelvic/default.aspx">Pelvic</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/OB/default.aspx">OB</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pregnancy/default.aspx">Pregnancy</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pelvic+US/default.aspx">Pelvic US</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 86</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/07/28/Case-of-the-Week-Case-86.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:379</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;20-year-old male is admitted to the ED via EMS after a rollover MVC.&amp;nbsp; The patient is hemodynamically stable.&amp;nbsp; On exam you note that the patient has multiple torso bruises.&amp;nbsp; After initial stabilization, you perform a FAST exam and note the following (perihepatic and perisplenic &lt;img height="142" alt="Emergency Ultrasound Clinical Case - EMsono" hspace="12" src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/Images/Case/tn_cow_28jul08.jpg" width="206" align="right" border="0" /&gt;windows shown):&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/28Jul08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=379" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/FAST/default.aspx">FAST</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/trauma/default.aspx">trauma</category></item><item><title>July 2008 Challenge</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/2008/07/21/July-2008-Challenge.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:377</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;54-year-old dialysis patient presents with left arm pain and swelling.&amp;nbsp; His dialysis nurse sends him in &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/Newsletter/Images/Challenge/tn_Chall_Jul08.jpg" alt="Ultrasound Case Challenging" align="right" border="0" height="149" hspace="12" width="206" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; because she is afraid to dialyze him from his AV graft in the left arm.&amp;nbsp; The patient states that swelling has been present in the arm for a while but it has gotten worse recently and he is waiting to follow back up with his vascular surgeon.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused&amp;nbsp; study of the left arm and note the following...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Challenge/Jul2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Challenge&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=377" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Advanced/default.aspx">Advanced</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Vascular/default.aspx">Vascular</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/AV+graft/default.aspx">AV graft</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 85</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/07/21/Case-of-the-Week-Case-85.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:376</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;A 52-year-old male presents with right leg pain.&amp;nbsp; He is morbidly obese and has calf tenderness on the right.&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused venous compression ultrasound from the groin to the knee and do not find a DVT. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/Case/tn_cow_21jul08.jpg" alt="Emergency Ultrasound" align="right" border="0" height="225" hspace="12" width="206" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; You subsequently scan the area of tenderness within the calf and note the following... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/21Jul08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=376" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/DVT/default.aspx">DVT</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Vascular/default.aspx">Vascular</category></item><item><title>July 2008: Diagnosis at a Glance </title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/2008/07/17/July-2008-Diagnosis-at-a-Glance-.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:380</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;55 yo male with intractable vomiting and upper abdominal pain.&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following...&amp;nbsp; &lt;img height="157" alt="EMsono Diagnose Ultrasound" hspace="12" src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/Images/Glance/tn_DX_July08.jpg" width="201" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Glance/July08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Diagnosis at a Glance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=380" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/tags/RUQ/default.aspx">RUQ</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/tags/Advanced/default.aspx">Advanced</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/tags/Gallbladder/default.aspx">Gallbladder</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/tags/Gallstone/default.aspx">Gallstone</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 84</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/07/14/Case-of-the-Week-Case-84.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:375</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;A 58-year-old male with a history of hypertension presents to the ED with abdominal pain. His vitals are BP: 105/60 Pulse: 90 &lt;img height="163" alt="Emergency Ultrasound" hspace="13" src="http://www.emsono.com/Newsletter/Images/Case/tn_COW_14Jul08.jpg" width="201" align="right" border="0" /&gt;RR: 20 and he is afebrile. You perform a focused bedside ultrasound and note the following… &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.emsono.com/member/cases/14Jul08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=375" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Aorta/default.aspx">Aorta</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 83</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/07/07/-Case-of-the-Week-Case-83.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:371</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;A 24-year-old G1P0 female presents to the ED with pelvic cramping and spotting.&amp;nbsp; Her vitals are stable &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/Case/tn_cow_7july08.jpg" alt="EMsono July Case - Emergency Medicine Ultrasound" align="right" border="0" height="162" hspace="12" width="211" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; and she is afebrile.&amp;nbsp; The&amp;nbsp; patient states she has had some lower pelvic pain for 36 hours and has bleed less than 2 pads in the last 12 hours.&amp;nbsp; Her quantitative hCG is 3,680.&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused bedside ultrasound and note the following…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/member/cases/7July08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=371" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pelvic/default.aspx">Pelvic</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pregnancy/default.aspx">Pregnancy</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pelvic+US/default.aspx">Pelvic US</category></item><item><title> Case of the Week - Case # 82</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/06/30/-Case-of-the-Week-_2D00_-Case-_2300_-82.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:370</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;46-year-old male presents with right scrotal swelling and pain.&amp;nbsp; He is febrile to 102.8.&amp;nbsp; You perform a bedside ultrasound and note the following... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/member/cases/30June2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/Case/tn_COW_30Jun08.jpg" alt="Emergency Ultrasound Case of the Week - EMsono" align="right" border="0" height="163" hspace="13" width="206" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=370" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Testicle/default.aspx">Testicle</category></item><item><title> Case of the Week - Case # 81</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/06/23/Case-of-the-Week-Case-81.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:369</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;56-year-old female with ruq abdominal pain.&amp;nbsp; She is non-icteric.&amp;nbsp; Her vitals are stable and she is &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/case/tn_COW_23Jun08.jpg" alt="EMsono Case of the Week - Emergency Ultrasound Education" align="right" border="0" height="186" hspace="13" width="201" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; afebrile.&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused gallbladder ultrasound and note the following...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/23Jun08/player.aspx"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=369" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/RUQ/default.aspx">RUQ</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 80</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/06/16/Case-of-the-Week-Case-80.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:367</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;67-year-old dialysis patient is sent to the ED from dialysis.&amp;nbsp; The dialysis nurse reports that they were able to dialyze the patient off of his graft.&amp;nbsp; On exam, you can feel a bruit and a weak thrill.&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/case/tn_COW_16Jun08.jpg" alt="Emergency Ultrasound Clinical Case Online" align="right" border="0" height="150" hspace="13" width="201" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; ultrasound and note the following...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/member/cases/16Jun08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=367" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Vascular/default.aspx">Vascular</category></item><item><title>June 2008: Diagnosis at a Glance</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/2008/06/15/June-2008-Diagnosis-at-a-Glance.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:372</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font size="3"&gt;65 yo female with painless jaundice.&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following... &lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/Glance/tn_DX_June2008.jpg" alt="Emergency Ultrasound Education Case - EMsono" align="right" border="0" height="180" hspace="12" width="206" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/member/Glance/June08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Try the Diagnosis at a Glance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=372" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/tags/RUQ/default.aspx">RUQ</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category></item><item><title>June 2008 Challenge</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/2008/06/15/June-2008-Challenge.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:368</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;64-year-old female presents to the ED three days after undergoing an outpatient diagnostic heart cath.&amp;nbsp; She is complaining of &lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/challenge/tn_Chall_Jun08.jpg" alt="Emergency Ultrasound Challenging Case - EMsono" align="right" border="0" height="218" hspace="13" width="201" /&gt; pain and swelling at the catheter insertion site in the right groin.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused&amp;nbsp; study of the right groin and note the following on the sagittal video...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/challenge/June08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Challenge&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=368" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Vascular/default.aspx">Vascular</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 79</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/06/09/Case-of-the-Week-Case-79.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:366</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;33-year-old male presents with RUQ abdominal pain of 36 hours duration.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; His vital signs are stable and he was afebrile.&amp;nbsp; He &lt;img height="140" alt="EMsono RUQ Ultrasound Case _ Emergency Ultrasound Cases" hspace="12" src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/case/tn_cow_9Jun08.jpg" width="206" align="right" border="0" /&gt;was non-icteric and his exam is unremarkable except for moderate RUQ tenderness.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You perform an ultrasound and note the following...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.emsono.com/member/cases/9Jun2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=366" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/RUQ/default.aspx">RUQ</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 78</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/06/03/Case-of-the-Week-Case-78.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:365</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;52-year-old laborer presents with swelling to his right middle finger two days after sustaining a puncture wound with a piece of metal.&amp;nbsp; His vitals are stable and he is afebrile.&amp;nbsp; His physical exam is unremarkable with &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/Newsletter/Images/Case/tn_COW_2Jun08.jpg" alt="Emergency Ultrasound Case Finger" align="right" border="0" height="142" hspace="12" width="201" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; the exception of fusiform swelling and erythema of the digit.&amp;nbsp; There is no evidence of lymphangitis or clinical evidence of an abscess.&amp;nbsp; You perform an ultrasound and note the following...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/2June2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=365" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Musculoskeletal/default.aspx">Musculoskeletal</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Abscess/default.aspx">Abscess</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 77</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/05/27/Case-of-the-Week-Case-77.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:364</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;24-year-old G2P1001 female who is approximately 9.5 weeks by dates presents with mild cramping and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/case/tn_cow_26May08.jpg" alt="EMsono Emergency Ultrasound Education - Clinical Case" align="right" border="0" height="153" hspace="13" width="211" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;spotting.&amp;nbsp; Her vital signs are stable and she is afebrile.&amp;nbsp; You perform a pelvic ultrasound and note the following...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/26May2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=364" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Pregnancy/default.aspx">Pregnancy</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 76</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/05/19/Case-of-the-Week-Case-76.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 02:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:361</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;26-year-old female found unresponsive after a multiple drug overdose.&amp;nbsp; Pt was profoundly hypoxic and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/Newsletter/Images/Case/tn_COW_19May2008.jpg" alt="EMsono Emergency Ultrasound Case" align="right" border="0" height="149" hspace="12" width="211" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; bradypneic upon EMS arrival.&amp;nbsp; She was intubated by the paramedics without any medications.&amp;nbsp; While in the ED, the patient remained unresponsive to both verbal and tactile stimuli.&amp;nbsp; She was not assisting the ventilator either.&amp;nbsp; You perform an ocular ultrasound to assess for elevated intraocular pressure and note the following…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/19May08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=361" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Ocular/default.aspx">Ocular</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/trauma/default.aspx">trauma</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/ICP/default.aspx">ICP</category></item><item><title>May 2008 Challenge</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/2008/05/13/May-2008-Challenge.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:360</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="3"&gt;A 22-year-old right-hand dominant male with known retained glass foreign bodies (fb) in his for two months duration.&amp;nbsp; The patient has seen several hand surgeons and told it would be best to leave the fb&amp;#39;s&amp;nbsp; alone.&amp;nbsp; The patient &lt;img height="158" alt="Emergent Point of Care Hand Ultrasound" hspace="12" src="http://www.emsono.com/newsletter/images/Challenge/tn_Chall_May2008.jpg" width="211" align="right" border="0" /&gt;presents to the ED stating he can no longer perform his job duties due to pain.&amp;nbsp; You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a class="" href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Challenge/May08/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Challenge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=360" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Advanced/default.aspx">Advanced</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Musculoskeletal/default.aspx">Musculoskeletal</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/challenge/archive/tags/Foreign+Body/default.aspx">Foreign Body</category></item><item><title>May 2008: Diagnosis at a Glance</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/2008/05/13/May-2008-diagnosis-at-a-glance.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:359</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;32-year-old female with right upper quadrant pain.  You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following...&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/Newsletter/Images/Glance/tn_DX_May2008.jpg" alt="Right Upper Quadrant Ultrasound - Emergency" align="right" border="0" height="152" hspace="12" width="211" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Glance/May2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Try the Diagnosis at a Glance&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=359" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/tags/RUQ/default.aspx">RUQ</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/dxglance/archive/tags/Beginner/default.aspx">Beginner</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 75</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/05/12/Case-of-the-Week-Case-75.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:358</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;62-year-old male presents with acute visual loss.  You perform an ocular ultrasound and note the following...&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/Newsletter/Images/Case/tn_cow_12May08.jpg" alt="EMsono Emergency Case of the Week" align="right" border="0" height="163" hspace="12" width="211" /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/12May2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=358" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Ocular/default.aspx">Ocular</category></item><item><title>Case of the Week - Case # 74</title><link>http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/2008/05/06/Case-of-the-Week-Case-74.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 15:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">58bcd817-2e8e-4572-b3dd-7da035aeaf31:357</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;83-year-old male presents to the ED from the nursing home with fever and hypotension.&amp;nbsp; The patient has a chronic indwelling foley catheter and is noted to have left scrotal swelling on exam.&amp;nbsp; After resuscitating the &lt;/font&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/Newsletter/Images/Case/tn_COW_5May08.jpg" alt="Emergency Ultrasound Case of the Week Testicle" align="right" border="0" height="144" hspace="12" width="211" /&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; patient, you perform and a bedside scrotal ultrasound and note the following...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emsono.com/Member/Cases/5May2008/player.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Take the Case&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.emsono.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=357" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Intermediate/default.aspx">Intermediate</category><category domain="http://www.emsono.com/blogs/clinical_cases/archive/tags/Testicle/default.aspx">Testicle</category></item></channel></rss>