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  • Case of the Week - Case # 90

    A 54-year-old male presents with a significant UGI bleed. He seeks his care at an outside hospital and you have no records for him at your hospital. Due to his GI bleeding, you want to fluid resuscitate the patient but are concerned due to his CHF history. You perform a focused echo to assess for global...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 08-25-2008

  • Case of the Week - Case # 55

    An 86-year-old nursing home patient presents to the ED with dyspnea and low blood pressure. Her EKG reveals low voltage QRS complexes and your resident is concerned that the patient has a pericardial effusion/tamponade. Your resident is also concerned that "something doesn't look right in the...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 12-17-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 40

    A 15 y.o. hispanic female presents to the ED 4 days after delivery of her first child with difficulty breathing and edema. Her prenatal course was complicated by preeclampsia but she had an uneventful delivery and was discharged home on postpartum day number 2. She noticed swelling in her legs since...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 08-18-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 30

    A 67-year-old male presents via EMS after being found unresponsive by the wife. EMS reports that the patient seems aphasic and is only moving his right side. The patient's blood pressure is 82/40 and his heart rate is 100. The patient has a PMH of hypertension and coronary artery disease. On examination...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 06-06-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 15

    68 y.o. male presents via EMS in full cardiac arrest. This was a witnessed arrest per medics and the patient was in ventricular fibrillation on EMS arrival. After several minutes of ACLS the rhythm changed to a narrow QRS complex with a rate in the 50’s. Upon arrival to the ED one of the residents state...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 02-07-2007
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