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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Rob
on 5 Feb 2010
Filed under: lung, Pneumothorax, Thoracic
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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Rob
on 14 Dec 2009
Filed under: trauma, lung, Beginner, Thoracic
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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Rob
on 11 Sep 2009
Filed under: trauma, lung, Thoracic
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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Rob
on 4 Sep 2009
Filed under: lung, Pneumothorax, Thoracic
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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Rob
on 4 May 2009
Filed under: Intermediate, lung, Beginner, Pediatric, Cardiac, Pleural Effusion, Pneumothorax