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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Managing Pneumothorax

Taming the SRU

It can be further divided into two types: primary--those that occur in generally healthy individuals without underlying lung disease, and secondary--those that occur in individuals with underlying lung disease such as COPD [1]. J Emerg Trauma Shock. doi:10.1148/radiology.144.4.7111716 Ann Emerg Med. 1983;12(6):411-412.

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A crashing patient with an abnormal ECG that you must recognize

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This includes, but is not limited to, PE, asthma/COPD exacerbation, hypoxic vasoconstriction from pneumonia, acute pulmonary hypertension exacerbation. When there is tachycardia, the patient is in cardiogenic shock with very poor LV function on bedside echo. The pulmonary artery trunk is dilated at 35mm per radiology report.

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Probing 2023: PoCUS Articles to Change Your Practice

EM Ottawa

Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is becoming a cornerstone tool in our assessment of patient presentations and is helping us guide our clinical management. This is also represented in the amount of literature that has been published on the use of PoCUS in 2023.