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Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... +preg test. ... Pelvic exam followed ... Pearls: #1 Confirm ... #clinical #obgyn
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? ... #Abscess #POCUS ... #clinical #Abdominal
Point-of-care Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Abscess in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

1. POCUS is more accurate
Ultrasound for Diagnosis ... Tissue Infections 1. ... than physical exam ... is not clinically ... #EBM
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... to bolus these values ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... assessment - assess ... tests before beginning
Retained Bullet on POCUS
Although it kinda looks like an eyeball, the clinical scenario here was a
it kinda looks like ... an eyeball, the clinical ... So is it an abscess ... and any other diagnostic ... test you want to
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
major clinical ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... , pelvic, gastric ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
normal CXR and pelvis ... injuries to spleen, liver ... retroperitoneal) 1. ... and/or delayed diagnosis ... Trauma #Injury #clinical
Aortic dissection carries an incredibly high mortality that increases 1%/hour. POCUS can be used as a
that increases 1% ... as a rule-in test ... threatening diagnosis ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #AbdominalUS #AorticDissection
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
findings and clinical ... /50 Rule (part 1) ... and second ribs.1 ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver