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Case of the Week - Case # 70

64-year-old male presents with fever and cough. He is being treated for bronchitis with doxycycline. He develops sudden-onset pleuritic pain after coughing and presents to the ED. His vitals are stable other than a heart rate of 118. You perform a thoracic ultrasound and note the following... Take the...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 04-05-2008
Case of the Week - Case # 62

A 24-year-old male presents after having been stabbed to the anterior right hemithorax with a screwdriver. His vital signs are stable and his pulse ox is 95% on room air. You perform a FAST exam and note the following on the perihepatic window. Take the Case

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 02-06-2008
January 2008 EMsono Challenge

A 43-year-old female presents to the ED with sudden onset of dyspnea and left sided chest pain. The patient tells you she just underwent a TAH for uterine fibroids and was discharged home 5 days ago. The patient denies other past medical history although she relates having a spontaneous pneumothorax...

Posted to EMsono Challenge (Weblog) by Rob on 01-09-2008
Case of the Week - Case # 54

A 26-year-old male presents to the ED after a stab wound to the left chest. The patient has stable vital signs and has diminished breath sounds on the left but the patient is splinting due to pain. You and your resident perform a FAST exam and see no evidence of a pericardial effusion. During performance...

Posted to Cases (Weblog) by Rob on 12-10-2007

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