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MOVE STUPID - Mnemonic for Altered Mental Status (Delirium)
 - Metabolic (hypercalcemia, hyponatremia)
 - Oxygen (hypoxia)
Altered Mental Status ... hypoglycemia) - Seizures ... - Trauma - ... Infectious - Drugs, Alcohol
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Altered Mental Status ... Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure ... , Trauma, TBI, Tumor ... : Medications, Alcohol ... Altered #Mental #Status
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
Altered Mental Status ... A - Alcohol, Acidosis ... - Temperature, Trauma ... Poisoning S - Stroke, Seizure
Free Air at the Peritoneal Line on POCUS

Chief Complaint: "my girl stabbed me"

Labeled Diagram: https://twitter.com/EUSmkh/status/752864010337415169

- Dr.
twitter.com/EUSmkh/status ... EUSmkh #FreeAir #Abdominal ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Clinical #Intraabdominal ... #Trauma #Stabbing
Appendicitis on POCUS

Gorgeous appendicitis just beneath the peritoneal line with the psoas mm laterally.

Labeled Schematic: https://twitter.com/EUSmkh/status/841741820375797762

#Appendicitis
twitter.com/EUSmkh/status ... appendix #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Pneumoperitoneum on POCUS

Elderly M with hypotension, abdominal pain and respiratory distress! Let's scan the abdomen first!!!
with hypotension, abdominal ... the setting of trauma ... Pneumoperitoneum #FreeAir #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #FreeFluid ... Perforation #POCUS #Clinical
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
Differential A - Abdominal ... patient's volume status ... viscus) T - Trauma ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
amphetamines, alcohol ... - Medications: statins ... strep) - Seizures ... : Trauma, burns, ... immobility • Critical
Gastroschisis on POCUS

Common ED complaint--VB/OB.  G1P0.  No heart tones heard so POCUS done.
Note abdominal wall ... twitter.com/RJonesSonoEM/status ... Gastroschisis #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #obgyn
Alcohol Withdrawal Timeline

Stage 1 (8 hours) : Anxiety, insomnia, nausea, & abdominal pain
Stage 2 (1-3 days):
Alcohol Withdrawal ... insomnia, nausea, & abdominal ... Hallucinations, fever, seizures ... agitation #Alcohol ... Timeline #diagnosis #stages