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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 ... Live 12-week ruptured ... Pearls: #1 Confirm ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Ruptured AAA on POCUS

Nice pick up with a POCUS RUSH exam in a patient with undifferentiated
Ruptured AAA on ... RUSH exam in a ... to diagnose through ... #AAA #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Pelvic Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS
Fever, low BP with lower abd pain x 8 days-worsening. WBC-28.9K. Pelvis
Abscess on POCUS ... exam. ... Diagnosis? ... Patient has ruptured ... #Ultrasound
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
FAST Exam Bike ... #RUQ #FAST #Exam ... #Positive #Abdominal ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Liver
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis and Management 
Uterine Atony (80%) - Most PPH Will respond to
Postpartum Hemorrhage ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Using external abdominal ... compression (using ultrasound ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic ... Physical Exam: ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... bloody fluid; hemorrhagic ... /ADA (TB peritonitis
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
normal CXR and pelvis ... specifically splenic lacs/rupture ... injuries to spleen, liver ... retroperitoneal) 1. ... and/or delayed diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... , pelvic, gastric ... : • Culture of ... infection have positive
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Pertinent positives ... /50 Rule (part 1) ... and second ribs.1 ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver