PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Kenny MD [ @heart_lung ] Since its first description [1], the Venous Excess Ultrasound Score [VExUS] has received much research attention. Subsequently in the late 1970s, Sivaciyan and Ranganathan [9] confirmed these findings with Doppler ultrasound of the IJV. OP1 is operating point 1 at baseline. Jon-Emile S.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

His practice is in trauma, […] The post SGEM#345: Checking In, Checking Out for Non-Operative Treatment of Appendicitis first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. His practice is in trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care with an academic interest in ultrasound and medical simulation.

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PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Fever in the ICU: Guideline Update The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued an interim update to their 2008 recommendations for the management of fever in the ICU. Ultrasound can quickly and more accurately identify significant biliary disease (e.g.,

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 11, 2019

His practice is in trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care with an academic interest in ultrasound and medical simulation. His practice is in trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care with an academic interest in ultrasound and medical simulation. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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PHEM Cast

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Journal of Special Operations Medicine : a Peer Reviewed Journal for SOF Medical Professionals , 13 (4), 53–58. Ultrasound determination of chest wall thickness: implications for needle thoracostomy. Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine. Awareness of site for needle thoracocentesis. Emergency Medicine Journal , 22 (11), 788–789.

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Northwestern EM Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Management includes imaging studies, typical ultrasound to assess for a joint effusion, then a diagnostic arthrocentesis & antibiotics. Management is orthopedic consultation for operative stabilization [12]. 2008 Jul;90(7):940-5. Physical exam classically shows external rotation and abduction of the hip during hip flexion.

Pediatrics 52

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

A 2008 review in the International Journal of Medicine on spinal epidural abscess (SEA) agreed that inflammatory markers (specifically ESR and CRP) are generally sensitive in the diagnosis of SEA, but are not specific. Instead, they strongly advocated for the use of lung ultrasound to diagnose bacterial CAP [45]. Cleve Clin J Med.

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