Urgent Care Ultrasounds

APRIL 17, 2019

A window to your heart… A woman in her 40’s presented to the urgent care clinic with a four day history of cough and fevers following an upper respiratory tract infection the week prior. Suspecting pneumonia, an ultrasound examination began over the site of the crackles at the left posterio-lateral chest.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

JULY 4, 2018

It may not be as sexy as ECHO or lung ultrasound, but the right upper quadrant is a high yield POCUS application in urgent care. How often does a patient present with undifferentiated upper abdominal pain and the initial management is based only on the balance of clinical probabilities?

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This case is courtesy of Dr Nigel Tay, at the time an Urgent Care trainee from Auckland. Dr Tay attended a weekend training course with Wellington Ultrasound and UIE , and after purchasing a Butterfly iQ he quickly showed that you do not need to be an old dog to learn new tricks. On examination t – 36.8 Acad Emerg Med.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

APRIL 1, 2018

POCUS reveals Hickam’s Dictum A 19 year old man presented to the urgent care clinic complaining of 2 months of increasing lethargy. However, the point of care ultrasound images also reveal a dilated cardiomyopathy with severely reduced LV systolic function.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

He was seen at an urgent care centre approximately 1 week prior to presentation, where he was diagnosed with cellulitis and prescribed trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Case presentation A 57-year-old man with a history of recently diagnosed diabetes mellitus presented to the ED with 2 weeks of perineal pain and swelling.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

A 60 year old man presented to the urgent care clinic complaining of several hours of shortness of breath, a gurgling sensation in his chest, and a cough productive of frothy, blood stained sputum. Earlier that day he had been kitesurfing, and after crashing had not been able to raise his kite. He had been wearing a wetsuit.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The facility does not have ultrasound (US) availability at the time of the patient’s presentation, as the sonographer comes to the hospital only 2 days a week. First, examine the patient and risk-stratify them for the diagnosis of DVT before deciding on the clinical utility of an ultrasound. Ultrasound. J Thromb Thrombolysis.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Written by Willy Frick A 46 year old man with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to urgent care with complaint of "chest burning." In fact, all the T waves are more upright than his prior urgent care ECG. The documentation does not describe any additional details of the history. ECG 1 What do you think?

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

JANUARY 17, 2019

She was brought down to the urgent care clinic for assessment. Cardiovascular ultrasound. The Case A 70 year old woman had been waiting in the radiology department for an x-ray to be taken. After standing for some time, she started to feel light headed, then collapsed. Her ECG did not show any concerning features. pubmed ] 3.Koskinas

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ACEP Now

MAY 4, 2023

He had presented to urgent care for the same complaint a week before, but did not seek follow-up at an ED despite their recommendation. Diagnosis: Complex Hydrocele (Pyocele) The testicular ultrasound revealed a small left complex hydrocele suspicious for pyocele. There were no rashes, discharge, or palpable inguinal hernias.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 4, 2025

Now, we have ultrasound or CT scans to confirm. Today, physicians can utilize MRIs, CT, and ultrasound, with the latter often available at the point of care. Expedited lab work has also improved care, Dr. (Click to enlarge.) He is also familiar with the delayed care and crowding, including boarding issues, that occur.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

MAY 15, 2018

The importance of patient positioning, probe position and patience, for the detection of small pneumothoraces Ultrasound to rule out a pneumothorax is easy! If you are using ultrasound in the primary care setting as a rule out test, you really don’t want to miss any pneumothorax, however small. Well, maybe.

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Urgent Care Ultrasounds

MAY 3, 2018

A lung ultrasound was performed just to be sure… left base posteriorly Following the B lines around to the left precordium Disposition and Discussion An area of consolidation with air bronchograms is present in the left upper lobe. On examination he appeared well, t = 38.0, So a simple case of the flu?

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