Weekly interesting scans found by our awesome residents on Team Sono
Authors: Allison Lee, MD and Nicole Anthony, MD Out of the several right upper quadrant (RUQ) FAST views obtained over the past month at KCHC, which RUQ view was positive for free fluid? #2. As the sonographer fans through the area, a small stripe of free fluid (FF) can be Read more…
Images provided by Dr. Aherne Writers: Team Sono / Ultrasound Fellows Drs. Hanuscin and Lee Edited by: Dr. Murphy Case Background: An elderly male presented to the ED with left-sided chest pain after a mechanical fall one week prior. He did not complain of shortness of breath and only came Read more…
Written by Dr. Chris Hanuscin Edited by Dr. Nicole Anthony Case Presentation A middle-aged female presents to the ED with 3 days of intermittent floaters and “curtain-like”, painless loss of vision. She denies any history of trauma. A bedside ultrasound shows the following finding: This is consistent with posterior vitreous detachment. Read more…
Drs. Conrad, Madden, and Cutright Team Sono: Drs. Hanuscin and Lee Edited by: Dr. Murphy Case background: A middle-aged woman presented to the ED with a few weeks of progressively worsening dyspnea on exertion. POCUS showed moderate-sized pericardial effusion with signs of RV diastolic collapse and RA systolic collapse. POCUS Read more…