Browsing: Ultrasound

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Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Fractional Area Change and Left Ventricular Fractional Shortening – Building Blocks for Later

5/14/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Jon Bodner, MD , Ashley Panicker, MD, FACEP
Ultrasound is a powerful tool in the emergency department for the estimation of left ventricular ejection fractions. E-Point Septal Separation is a good way to obtain these measurements, but what if t
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Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Subclavian Central Venous Access - Dealer's Choice

5/2/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Jesse Liou, MD , Gabriel Hoffman, MD
The need for a central line is commonplace in the emergency department and critical care units. When deciding which of the three typical sites (internal jugular, femoral, and subclavian) to choose for
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Ultrasound

Crawling In My Skin: An Ultrasound Teaching Case

4/10/2022 Jennifer Mirrielees, MD , Jessica Schmidt, MD, MPH, FACEP , Michael Lohmeier, MD, FACEP
Ultrasound is a favored modality in emergency medicine. This case shows yet another application of this popular diagnostic tool - one involving subcutaneous larvae.
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Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound , Nephrology

An Acutely Swollen and Cyanotic Leg

4/10/2022 Jasmine Jolly, MD , Elizabeth Page Bridges, MD, FACEP , David Stephen Wong, MD , Dustin Morrow, MD, FACEP
Phlegmasia cerulea dolens is a rare but emergent condition of massive venous thrombosis that can rapidly produce irreversible vascular gangrene. If your patient in the emergency department has a swoll
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Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Use of Bedside Ultrasound in Diagnosing Boerhaave Syndrome

4/10/2022 Rabia Iqbal, DO , Caleb Harrell, MD
Esophageal rupture is a rare condition that is recognized as one of the most fatal gastrointestinal injuries. Time to diagnosis is an independent predictor of mortality in acute esophageal rupture mak
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Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Axillary Arterial Line—Oft Forgotten

2/27/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Natalie Htet, MD, MS
Obtaining arterial access is a common procedure in both emergency medicine and in critical care. It's a good idea to become familiar with the axillary artery as an alternative location for placement o
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Ultrasound , Urology

Not so FAST: Intraperitoneal Bladder Rupture

2/12/2022 Courtney Smith, MD , Sara Paradise Dimeo, MD
Bladder rupture is a relatively rare condition due to the protection of the bladder in the bony pelvis; most cases of bladder rupture are intraperitoneal. But a small percentage are intraperitoneal r
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Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: The RUSH Exam - Slow Is Smooth and Smooth Is Fast

2/3/2022 Taylor Miller, MD , Dustin Slagle, MD , Alexis Salerno, MD, FACEP
Undifferentiated patients showing signs of shock have a high mortality rate. The Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension (RUSH) Exam is a protocolized ultrasound exam that can be done in minutes to
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Ultrasound , Nephrology , POCUS For the Win

POCUS for the Win: Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

12/12/2021 Ashley Haggerty, DO, MS
Point of care ultrasound can be used to help evaluate patients with suspected kidney pathology and to diagnose causes of renal colic, renal failure, hematuria, and decreased urine output. Compared to
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Urology , Ultrasound , Nephrology

ED Management of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis

12/12/2021 Jennifer Mirrielees, MD , Hani I. Kuttab, MD
Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare diagnosis in the ED but can be life-threatening. Symptoms can be non-specific, making diagnosis more difficult. Proper, expeditious imaging can make all the diff