PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

You can read the document here. Read the original document here. Ultrasound Is Upvoted The panel weakly suggested bedside ultrasound for patients with fever and an abnormal chest radiograph, but only if an expert is available to interpret the often complex or borderline results. What’s a Fever?

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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. Research indicates that timely intervention can significantly reduce morbidity associated with radiation skin injuries. 2022;23(3):e13526.

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Mind The Bleep

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It is worth looking through previous documentation to see whether the patient’s team or senior intensivists have set any individual cardiovascular targets. Heart rate / rhythm Best practice to check in all 4 limbs. C Assessment BP and MAP Invasive reading (via an arterial line) or non-invasive (via a BP cuff)?

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Vitamin D, B12, Calcium, foate, iron, and thiamine deficiencies are all well documented complications. Consider performing a RUSH exam (that is rapid ultrasound for shock and hypotension) to identify the cause. Nachi: If possible, obtain a view of the IVC also while doing your ultrasound to assess for volume status.

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EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

It was peer-reviewed by Joseph Habboushe, assistant professor at NYU and Nadia Maria Shaukat, director of the emergency and critical care ultrasound at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. In fact, cannabis use has been documented for medical use dating as far back as 600 BC in West and Central Asia.

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Mind The Bleep

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Normally identified on scrotal exploration (being performed for presumed torsion) as ultrasound is not always diagnostic. and (2022), A BURST-BAUS consensus document for best practice in the conduct of scrotal exploration for suspected testicular torsion: the Finding Consensus for Orchidopexy in Torsion (FIX-IT) study.

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