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Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Positive FAST exam ... crisp & clean positive ... Morrisons #pouch #Hemorrhage ... #pocus #ultrasound ... #clinical #abdominalus
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Modalities for Renal ... radiation dose Ultrasound ... for ureteric and renal ... causes of flank or abdominal ... scan) when an ultrasound
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
ultrasound, Tests ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... • Obstructive ... conditions (supine position
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage ... adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage ... No other intra-abdominal ... #FAST #Positive ... trauma #clinical #ultrasound
Female passenger who fell off a motorcycle with hypotension. Lots of blood in the Spleno-renal space.
in the Spleno-renal ... Spenorenal #Space #Hemorrhage ... #Blood #pocus #ultrasound ... #clinical #abdominalus ... #trauma #FAST #Positive
Six-step approach to ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement

I. Identify anatomy of insertion site and localization of
Six-step approach to ultrasound-guided ... Use compression ultrasound ... Use real-time US ... Confirm wire position ... #CentralLine #Ultrasound
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... Myoglobinuria: UA positive ... HYPOTENSION → renal ... perfusion → renal ... tubular obstruction
Nephrolithiasis and Hydronephrosis on POCUS

40 yo F presents with unilateral abdominal pain and n/v.
The transducer is
with unilateral abdominal ... fluid, & a non-obstructing ... renal stone. ... there may be an obstructing ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
Small Bowel Obstruction ... presents with abdominal ... vomiting, which she reports ... Here is her ultrasound ... #POCUS #Abdominal
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
structurally similar, positively ... sickle cell anemia, obstructive ... Renal resistance ... sickle cell anemia, obstructive ... Adrenal hemorrhage