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Resolution: this patient has a splinter. While foreign bodies tend to generally be hyperechoic, metallic foreign
patient has a splinter ... have posterior reverberation ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Splinter
Splinter on POCUS

A patient presents with hand pain. Which of the following is most likely causing
Splinter on POCUS ... patient has a splinter ... have posterior reverberation ... #POCUS #Hand #Splinter
Wood Splinter on Hand POCUS (under water bath) 
Can you spot the foreign body?  Transverse
Wood Splinter on ... acoustic shadowing or reverberation ... guessing is wood splinter ... medcramUS #Wood #Splinter
5th Metatarsal Fracture on POCUS

A patient presents with toe pain. Which of the following should be
Resolution: Splint ... Note the reverberation
Pneumoperitoneum - Free Air Reverberation Artifact - Abdominal A-Lines on POCUS

Don't just look for FF on
Pneumoperitoneum - Free Air Reverberation ... Free air is reverberation ... Pneumoperitoneum #FreeAir #Reverberation
Embolic manifestations of endocarditis - Splinter hemorrhages - nail bed hemorrhages not extending the length of
endocarditis - Splinter ... #Endocarditis #Splinter
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Osler's nodes - Splinter ... - Conjunctival splinter
Skin Findings in Endocarditis - Skin findings include palpable petechiae, splinter hemorrhages (nail bed lesions), Janeway
palpable petechiae, splinter ... #Endocarditis #Splinter
Clinical manifestations of Infective Endocarditis

#Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms #Infective #Endocarditis #Manifestations #Janeway #Roth #OslerNodes #Splinter #PhysicalExam

** GrepMed
Roth #OslerNodes #Splinter
Hamate Fracture on Wrist X-Ray

- point tenderness over the hamate should raise suspicion for a fracture,
fractures can be splinted ... ED with a volar splint