by Robert Suttie | Dec 6, 2018 | Featured, Infectious Disease, Medical Education, Ultrasound, Urology
For other ultrasound cases see our POCUS archives Case Vignette 63-year-old male presents with a two-day history of groin pain and swelling. He has a history of hypertension and smoking. He takes an anti-hypertensive medication and an atypical antipsychotic for...
by Adam Parks, Robert Suttie | Nov 8, 2018 | Featured, Ultrasound
For other POCUS focused cases please see our ultrasound archives Case The next chart you pick up is for an 87 year-old female brought in by EMS from her nursing home for agitation and vomiting. She is afebrile and her vital signs are normal. She has a past medical...
by Lauren Lacroix, Richard Hoang | Dec 21, 2017 | cardiac arrest, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Most Viewed
According to the AHA guidelines, in 2016 the annual incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the US was roughly 360,000 and was 209,000 for in-hospital cardiac arrest. In Canada, we see 40,000 OHCA per year (Mozaffarian 2016). Data from the ROC Epistry...
by Robert Suttie, Brandon Ritcey | Dec 7, 2017 | Cardiology, Featured, Ultrasound
For other ultrasound focused cases please see our Ultrasound Archives. A woman in her 60’s presents to the emergency department on her 7th post-operative day feeling nauseous, vomiting, weak and dizzy. She has just recently underwent a open left hemi-colectomy,...
by Hans Rosenberg | Oct 30, 2017 | Full Article, Journal Club, Radiology, Trauma
Journal Club Summary Reference: Holmes JF, et al. JAMA. 2017 Jun 13;317(22):2290-2296 Editorial: Abdominal Ultrasound for Pediatric Blunt Trauma: FAST Is Not Always Better. Reference: Kessler DO. JAMA. 2017 Jun 13;317(22):2283-2285. Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness...
