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64-year-old male presents to the ED with dyspnea. You perform a focused ultrasound of his heart, IVC and lungs and find… Take the Case
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16-year-old male presents with right-sided chest pain. The patient was watching TV when he developed sudden onset of right-sided chest pain. His pain was worsened with movement and inspiration. His vitals revealed a pulse of 101, RR of 18, pulse Ox of 100% and he was afebrile. His PMH is unremarkable...
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85-year-old male with left-sided chest wall pain. The patient was a restrained driver in a MVC where his car was hit on the driver’s side by another car traveling between 30 and 45 MPH. The patient’s vitals are 120/80, pulse 95, RR 20, and sat 93%. You perform a focused ultrasound of his...
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22-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the right chest. His vitals are stable. You perform an ultrasound of the right chest and note the following… Ta ke the Case
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18 year old male hit by car while crossing street. He is intubated on arrival for a GCS 7. You perform a chest x-ray and a thoracic ultrasound and note the following… Take the Case
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2-year-old male admitted to the PICU. 2 hours later he began to worsen and the patient was intubated and a central line was placed. The patient worsens immediately after the central line and an ultrasound is performed to evaluate for a pneumothorax due to decreased breath sounds on the patient’s...
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58-year-old male with dyspnea. The patient denies having any chronic illnesses although he hasn't seen a doctor since he was in the Army decades ago. You perform a focused thoracic ultrasound and note the following … Take the Case
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28-year-old male with no known medical history presents with two weeks of the "worst cold I have ever had" and right sided chest pain. Vital signs are: BP 118/74, HR 124, RR 26, PO 92% and Temp 38.8. On exam he has markedly diminished breath sounds on the right. Due to multiple traumas, you...
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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… T ake the Case
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56-year-old female with metastatic *** CA presents with dyspnea and hypotension. You are concerned that the patient has a pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology and perform a focused echo. Take the Challenge
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64-year-old male presents with fever and cough. He is being treated for bronchitis with doxycycline. He develops sudden-onset pleuritic pain after coughing and presents to the ED. His vitals are stable other than a heart rate of 118. You perform a thoracic ultrasound and note the following ... Take the...
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A 24-year-old male presents after having been stabbed to the anterior right hemithorax with a screwdriver. His vital signs are stable and his pulse ox is 95% on room air. You perform a FAST exam and note the following on the perihepatic window ... Take the Case
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A 43-year-old female presents to the ED with sudden onset of dyspnea and left sided chest pain. The patient tells you she just underwent a TAH for uterine fibroids and was discharged home 5 days ago. The patient denies other past medical history although she relates having a spontaneous pneumothorax...
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A 26-year-old male presents to the ED after a stab wound to the left chest. The patient has stable vital signs and has diminished breath sounds on the left but the patient is splinting due to pain. You and your resident perform a FAST exam and see no evidence of a pericardial effusion. During performance...
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A 64-year-old white male with history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and ESRF on dialysis presents with cough and dyspnea after having missed two dialysis ap pointments due to a family crisis. Take the Challenge