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Appendicitis on RLQ POCUS

Classic story for appendicitis in an adolescent male (<1 day of epigastric pain
adolescent male (<1 ... of epigastric pain ... No fever. ... part of abdomen ... #Radiology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Infections 2. ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... fatigue, Nausea, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea, ... #Urticaria #diagnosis
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
retro-orbital pain ... positive tourniquet test ... Intense abdominal ... , tachycardia, cold ... classification #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Assess functional ... determine if stress test ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Yersinia, Balantidium coli ... pain and fever ... pseudotuberculosis; may mimic appendicitis ... cramping lasting 1– ... Infectious #Diarrhea #diagnosis
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
- CT chest; CT abdomen ... if abdominal pain ... interventional radiology ... immediate treatment 1. ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... Rhinocerebral 2) ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... , chest pain • ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
breath and chest pain ... located chest pain ... /50 Rule (part 1) ... consider intra-abdominal ... #Radiology #CTChest