Cutting edge teaching on ultrasound in Emergency Medicine, in collaboration with POCUS Atlas, as well as articles on radiology in EM
81 year-old female with PMH of HTN sustained a mechanical fall at home 24 hours prior to arrival. Comes into ED with persistent left ankle pain and swelling. xray shows: Please describe the fracture and put in a complete read.
By Dr. Kelly Maurelus. Hey Folks, I am bringing you the Ultrasound image of the month or in this case video of the month…take a moment and review the media (click play as many times as you want) to come up with the diagnosis. US Video! What is Read more…
Thanks for all the responses! Here is short version of the answer for those of you with ADD. Keep on reading for the details! Our patient had sick sinus syndrome with a sinus bradycardia on top of her malfunctioning pacemaker. She was admitted to medicine for CHF exacerbation. The inpatient team Read more…
So for this post… we’re going to combine some EKG action with some good ole’ CXR reading… Since we’re not just doing Rhythm Nation or X-ray Vision… we’re going to call it Rhythm Vision! Here’s the case: Your patient is little old granny, an 85 year old woman with a Read more…
This was an elderly woman who fell. This is a very difficult case and even with the 12 other views that were offered it was difficult to tell which way the fracture was displaced. This was read by radiology as “Transverse fractures of the left distal radius, ulna and ulnar Read more…
Please describe this fracture below, who ever describes this fracture most accurately will win the amazon gift certificate.
So we have an 81 yo W found apneic and cyanotic and EMS was called and patient was intubated. Patient had never been here before and no history came with the patient. The history was obtained with this chest x-ray. The x-ray was done: I think Grock did a good job Read more…
Here is a case where most to all of the medical history could be obtained from the chest x-ray. Patient is an 81 yo W found apneic and cyanotic and EMS was called and patient was intubated. Patient had never been here before and no history came with the patient. Read more…
Thanks for all the responses and sorry for the delay in posting this answer. Ritchie hit it right on the head. The patient was diagnosed with West Nile Encephalitis. The WNV PCR eventually came back positive. While the diagnosis was not made in the emergency department, the treating physician had Read more…
This case starts with a pretty common presentation to the emergency department: AMS. As with most cases of AMS in the ED, the patient had a CT head done during his ED course. However, our patient also had an MRI done before he left the ED. While MRI’s are typically Read more…