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• Case of the Week - Case # 64

  A 27-year-old male presents to the ED after injuring his right leg. He states that he tripped while running down some stairs and adds he believes he twisted his knee prior to hitting the ground at the base of the stairs. On examination, he has a large knee effusion. His x-rays are negative for fracture per radiology. Orthopedics attempted to aspirate the effusion prior to splinting the leg. You perform an ultrasound prior to performing your attempt and note the following...... Posted Feb 19 2008, 11:03 PM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Intermediate, Musculoskeletal, Procedural ultrasound

• Case of the Week - Case # 56

  A 24-year-old male presents to the ED with sore throat and muffled voice. He has mild trismus and is handling his secretions well. On examination, it was felt by the examining physician that the patient has a right peritonsillar abscess. The ENT service was consulted. After 3 attempts at needle aspiration, no pus is obtained and the ENT resident concludes that the patient only has a peritonsillar cellulitis and recommends discharging the patient home on augmentin. You are asked to see the patient and to perform an ultrasound.... Posted Dec 24 2007, 01:29 PM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Intermediate, Procedural ultrasound

• Case of the Week - Case # 18

  76 y.o. male presents to the ED via EMS with a blood pressure of 68/42. He was just discharged from the hospital yesterday after having undergone an outpatient cystoscopy with bladder mass biopsy. Nursing is unable to obtain peripheral venous access so you decide to place a right IJ catheter. You scan the IJ vein and note the following...... Posted Mar 07 2007, 01:18 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Case, Procedural ultrasound, Vascular

• Case of the Week - Case # 16

  22 y.o. male presents with severe right-sided sore throat for 2 days. On examination, he has trismus noted. He has obvious right-sided peritonsillar swelling and his uvula is deviated toward the left. You perform a transverse scan intraorally through the right peritonsillar region.... Posted Feb 21 2007, 02:02 AM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Beginner, Intermediate, Case, Procedural ultrasound, Abscess

• Case of the Week - Case # 13

  17 y.o male presents stating “I need an abscess on my foot drained again.” Patient reports that about once a year he needs to get an abscess drained in the same place on his foot. He denies past trauma or known FB. Patient has no other PMH and he is afebrile with stable vital signs. On examination, he has a slightly erythematous raised area on the dorsum of his foot. There is no fluctuance noted.... Posted Jan 24 2007, 12:22 PM by Rob with | with no comments Filed under: Advanced, Musculoskeletal, Procedural ultrasound, Abscess, Foreign body