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Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... Pelvic exam followed ... Pearls: #1 Confirm ... an IUP or not. #2 ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
and Cardiac Ultrasound ... phased-array probe and abdominal ... exam 2. ... 3. ... #LungExam #diagnosis
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Physical Exam: ... of ascites. 2) ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... incisional). 3) ... bloody fluid; hemorrhagic
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... ASA class If ... and undergoing AAA ... or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis and Management 
Uterine Atony (80%) - Most PPH Will respond to
Postpartum Hemorrhage ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Using external abdominal ... examining hand) 3. ... compression (using ultrasound
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
normal CXR and pelvis ... specifically splenic lacs/rupture ... retroperitoneal) 1. ... ecchymosis (bruising) 2. ... and/or delayed diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... Rhinocerebral 2) ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... , pelvic, gastric ... infection have positive
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
LFTs normal Diagnosed ... bedside assessment 2) ... to help confirm diagnosis ... 3) To assess for ... cause of "false positive
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Pertinent positives ... /50 Rule (part 1) ... was placed on 3 ... /50 Rule (part 2) ... consider intra-abdominal