Mount Sinai EM
OCTOBER 10, 2024
She was seen in urgent care for these headaches two weeks ago, and was prescribed naproxen, which has not significantly improved her symptoms. Her headaches have been intermittent, however over the past few days she has had a few episodes of vomiting and brief episodes of blurred vision. Her headache is 8/10 currently.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
AUGUST 17, 2024
Franciso has postgraduate Master's degrees in emergencies and urgent care, clinical ultrasound, and emergency and disaster management, from the University of Elche, the University of Madrid, and the University of Oviedo. Carmen María Cano is an Emergency Medicine doctor.
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Taming the SRU
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Six days prior, the patient was evaluated at an urgent care and prescribed doxycycline and prednisone. Ocular point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) was performed as seen below. Our patient underwent anterior orbitotomy, but there are case reports in the literature of ultrasound-guided drainage (4). Brzycki et al.
Downeast Emergency Medicine
DECEMBER 9, 2021
She was seen at urgent care the day prior for a worsening progressive cough, shortness of breath, and pleuritic right anterolateral chest pain. Her laboratory workup at urgent care was reviewed included the following labs (pertinent positives in parenthesis): CBC (WBC 12.6)
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.
Urgent Care Ultrasounds
JULY 17, 2019
Left PLAPS point Despite the obvious consolidation on ultrasound the CXR is clear. In all three there was clear ultrasound evidence of pneumonia. However I am becoming increasingly convinced that an answer to this question is the use of point of care lung ultrasound (LUS). and reduced breath sounds (15-49%, 73-95%, 2.3
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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