EMDocs
MAY 15, 2024
Ultrasound Sensitivity 88-100%, specificity 68-94% Positive likelihood ratio of 14.6 (95% While chest radiograph is often the first-line imaging modality, lung ultrasound has higher sensitivity and can detect pulmonary abnormalities earlier; CT imaging should be considered if initial imaging is negative or if concern for PE is present.
EMDocs
MAY 28, 2024
Ultrasound Sensitivity 88-100%, specificity 68-94% LR+ of 14.6 (95% While chest radiograph is often the first-line imaging modality, lung ultrasound has higher sensitivity and can detect pulmonary abnormalities earlier; CT imaging should be considered if initial imaging is negative or if concern for PE is present. N Engl J Med.
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ALiEM
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
2000 Aug;216(2):356-62. Author information Andrew Shannon, MD, MPH Ultrasound Director Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Lakeland Regional Health | The post SAEM Clinical Images Series: Only a Flesh Wound appeared first on ALiEM. Múnera F, Soto JA, Palacio D, Velez SM, Medina E. doi: 10.1148/radiology.216.2.r00jl25356.
EMDocs
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Imaging: In severe cases, imaging with ultrasound, CT or MRI may be useful in assessing the extent of tissue injury and in further evaluating other etiologies including infection and worsening malignancy. Trends in Radiation Therapy among Cancer Survivors in the United States, 2000-2030. Note the distribution and extent of the injury.
Pediatric Emergency Playbook
JANUARY 1, 2018
Structurally abnormal ovary (including cysts) that causes the ovary to flop over and twist on its vascular axis Hypermobile ovary with vigorous movement twists on its vascular pedicle and cuts off blood supply The Dual Blood Supply to the Ovaries: Why Doppler Flow can Fool You What ultrasound findings suggest ovarian torsion? Think torsion.
Rural Doctors Net
JANUARY 21, 2014
There’s an old Oxylog 2000 plus transport ventilator. There is also an old SonoSite Titan ultrasound unit with linear and curvilinear transducers. Nearest CT scanner is 300 km away. THE PATIENT A 54 yo obese patient presents complaining of acute shortness of breath, approx 2 hours duration.
Urgent Care Ultrasounds
MAY 15, 2018
The importance of patient positioning, probe position and patience, for the detection of small pneumothoraces Ultrasound to rule out a pneumothorax is easy! If you are using ultrasound in the primary care setting as a rule out test, you really don’t want to miss any pneumothorax, however small. Well, maybe.
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