Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A bedside ultrasound is completed to assess the location of the pregnancy. A radiology performed ultrasound is ordered and has similar findings– Impression: no definitive IUP with a small amount of free fluid within physiologic limits. Laboratory evaluation reveals a hemoglobin and hematocrit of 12.6/37.1

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ALiEM

MARCH 7, 2024

Given her pain with a history of intermittent hematuria and dysuria, you perform a renal and bladder point of care ultrasound (POCUS) examination. Pre-warmed ultrasound gel is helpful when available. Then test your skills on the ALiEMU course page to receive your PEM POCUS badge worth 2 hours of ALiEMU course credit.

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Ultrasounds Pediatrics Radiology Radiology 70

PHEM Cast

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For example, here are the locations identified as ‘2nd ICS mid clavicular line’ amongst 25 EM physicians in a 2005 EMJ paper. Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine , 11 (2), 211–213. Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine. link] Cullinane, D., Ferrie, E.

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Academics Radiology Radiology Resuscitation 52

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

A 2011 meta-analysis in the journal of Academic Emergency Medicine found ESR, CRP, and PCT were not acutely useful in the diagnosis of septic arthritis due to wildly varying sensitivities and specificities between studies. Instead, they strongly advocated for the use of lung ultrasound to diagnose bacterial CAP [45]. Arthritis Rheum.

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Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 89

Pediatric EM Morsels

MAY 10, 2024

Ultrasound diagnosis of occult pneumothorax. 2005 Jun;33(6):1231-8. The role of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of pericardial effusion: a single academic center retrospective study. Ultrasound J. PMID: 21111115. Crit Care Med. PMID: 15942336. Needleman; Pediatric Chest Pain. link] Hanson MG, Chan B.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Check : [vitals, SOB, Chest Pain, Ultrasound] If the patient has Abdominal Pain, Chest Pain, Dyspnea or Hypoxemia, Headache, Hypotension , then these should be considered the primary chief complaint (not syncope). Academic Emergency Medicine., Aortic Dissection, Valvular (especially Aortic Stenosis), Tamponade. orthostatic vitals b.

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Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This allows our residents to graduate with the ability to practice in any setting they choosecritical access, community, or academic. There are ample teaching opportunities for residents, including on-shift teaching, ultrasound, simulation, and didactics. We love it here and hope you will too!

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Academics Emergency Department Ultrasounds Pediatrics 64