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  • 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...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 04-11-2007

  • 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...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 03-07-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 17

    A 28 year-old male with PMH of AIDS presents with pleuritic chest pain. The patient denies history of trauma or infectious symptoms. On examination, the patient appears relatively comfortable and has stable vital signs other than a heart rate of 108. There is no evidence of trauma or stigmata of a DVT...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 02-28-2007

  • 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. Take the Case
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 02-21-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 14

    57 year-old male presents with painful swelling of his left neck and fever of 38.9. You suspect the patient has an abscess. Take the Case
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 01-31-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 10

    A 67-year-old female presents to the ED with posterior knee pain. Your resident has just completed an orthopedics rotation and is convinced that the patient has a baker’s cyst. She is moderately obese and physical examination reveals no definitive swelling. You perform an evaluation of the posterior...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 01-03-2007
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