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July 2008 Challenge

54-year-old dialysis patient presents with left arm pain and swelling. His dialysis nurse sends him in because she is afraid to dialyze him from his AV graft in the left arm. The patient states that swelling has been present in the arm for a while but it has gotten worse recently and he is waiting to...

Posted to EMsono Challenge (Weblog) by Rob on 07-21-2008
Case of the Week - Case # 80

67-year-old dialysis patient is sent to the ED from dialysis. The dialysis nurse reports that they were able to dialyze the patient off of his graft. On exam, you can feel a bruit and a weak thrill. You perform a focused ultrasound and note the following... Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 06-16-2008
June 2008 Challenge

64-year-old female presents to the ED three days after undergoing an outpatient diagnostic heart cath. She is complaining of pain and swelling at the catheter insertion site in the right groin. You perform a focused study of the right groin and note the following on the sagittal video... Take the Challenge

Posted to EMsono Challenge (Weblog) by Rob on 06-15-2008
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

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