April 2007 - Posts

• Case of the Week - Case # 24

  A 7-year-old black female presents with severe right mid-abdominal tenderness that started at school and was associated with several episodes of vomiting. She was transported to the ED via EMS. On exam, the child was in obvious distress due to pain and did not want you to touch her abdomen. Her vitals signs were stable other than a mild tachycardia and she was afebrile. You perform a focused appendix ultrasound (not shown) and a focused renal ultrasound.   Take the case Posted Apr 25 2007, 06:34 PM by Rob with no comments Filed under: Renal, Beginner

• Case of the Week - Case # 23

  24-year-old female presents with suprapubic cramping and bleeding. Her vitals are stable and she is afebrile. By dates she is 11w5d and her quantitative HCG is 5897 mIU/ml. You perform an EV ultrasound and note the following...   Take the Case Posted Apr 18 2007, 01:10 AM by Rob with no comments Filed under: Pelvic, Intermediate, OB, Pregnancy

• Case of the Week - Case # 22

  A young woman is dropped off at the ambulance entrance by friends after being shot once in the right chest during a robbery attempt. On arrival she is minimally responsive and is noted to have a single GSW to the right lateral chest. Her blood pressure is 118/74 and her heart rate is 104. She is emergently intubated and a portable CXR is performed. After performing the ABCs, you perform a bedside cardiac ultrasound. You note the following...   Take the Case of the Week Posted Apr 11 2007, 12:00 AM by Rob with no comments Filed under: Intermediate, Case, Cardiac, trauma

• Case of the Week - Case # 21

  45 year-old male who is visiting from out of town presents with severe midepigastric and right upper quadrant abdominal pain.  The patient has a PMH of alcohol abuse, hepatitis B and chronic pancreatitis.  He tells you that his surgeon has mentioned in the past “my gallbladder isn’t right.”  You perform an ultrasound of the patient’s gallbladder…   Take the case Posted Apr 04 2007, 12:00 AM by Rob with no comments Filed under: RUQ, Intermediate