in

All Tags » Musculoskeletal » Advanced (RSS)

Browse by Tags

  • May 2008 Challenge

    A 22-year-old right-hand dominant male with known retained glass foreign bodies (fb) in his for two months duration. The patient has seen several hand surgeons and told it would be best to leave the fb's alone. The patient presents to the ED stating he can no longer perform his job duties due to...
    Posted to EMsono Challenge (Weblog) by Rob on 05-13-2008

  • Case of the Week - Case # 53

    A 56-year-old male with PMH of chronic alcoholism and Hepatitis C presents to the ED with 2 days of right hand pain. Pt states he is not sure what happened. He remembers being in an altercation and being pushed down several steps. He adds that he is concerned that he was bit because the assailant had...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 12-03-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 52

    48-year-old white male presents to ED 5 days after crush injury at work with a heavy wooden box. For the past few days he has been experiencing worsening pain, redness and swelling in this right index finger. His vital signs are stable and he is afebrile. On examination, you notice fusiform swelling...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 11-26-2007

  • Case of the Week - Case # 19

    84 y.o. BF with history of HTN, CAD, CHF and A fib (on Coumadin) presents with nontraumatic right shoulder pain. Her vitals are stable and her temperature is 38.1 C. On physical examination, you note the obvious swelling of the right shoulder. She has good passive range of motion but it causes moderate...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 03-14-2007

  • 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...
    Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 01-24-2007
Page 1 of 1 (5 items)
Copyright © EMsono, LLC, 2006 - 2008. Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Education