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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Utility of Bedside Ultrasonography

ALiEM

g/dL BMP, lipase, Alk phos/Bili/ALT/AST, PT/PTT, and lactate : Unremarkable Serum HCG : Negative Urinalysis (UA) : Unremarkable COVID : Negative Case Question: Can you identify the abnormalities on the right upper quadrant (RUQ) ultrasound image? Diagnosis of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome by ultrasound. k/uL Hgb : 10.5 Theofanakis, C.P.,

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.26.23

Taming the SRU

hours earlier Free fluid in the RUQ has been shown to have a LR of 112 of requiring operative management Risk Factors for Ectopic Pregnancy prior ectopic pregnancy surgery infection assisted reproductive technologies IUD However, 50% of patients with ectopic pregnancy have no risk factors High and Lows w/ Dr. hours earlier and went to OR 3.5

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Case Report: Acute Urinary Retention in a Pregnant Woman

ACEP Now

Transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) performed in the outpatient setting a couple of weeks prior to presentation confirmed an intrauterine pregnancy (IUP) with a retroverted uterus. The patient was admitted to the obstetrics service and underwent spinal anesthesia in the operating room to manually reduce the uterus. Click to enlarge.

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Hysterectomy Complications

EMDocs

Operative complications requiring surgical intervention or hospitalization occur in about 3-6% of all hysterectomies (5). difficile infection, and post-operative hemorrhage. Abscess and Infected Hematoma : This condition is typically delayed, occurring most commonly 10-14 days post-operatively.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: One Month of Vaginal Bleeding

ALiEM

At the time her beta-hCG was 7225 mlU/mL with no intrauterine pregnancy demonstrated on transvaginal ultrasound. Three days later, the patient had declining b-hCG and transvaginal ultrasound again with no intrauterine pregnancy. Case Question: How would you describe the uterine cavity from the ultrasound images? 2, 1988, pp.