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Case 61: Detection of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Sanjana Sanghani, Gerald Tolbert, Rachna Subramony
A 52-year-old male with a past medical history significant for hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department with two days of intermittent chest discomfort accompanied by mild epigastric pain. The pain was non-radiating, episodic, and not ass...
Case 60: A Stubborn Sore Throat: Insights through Ultrasound
Sneha Thandra, Anthony Medak
Case: A 19 year old female with a history of palpitations, shortness of breath, and syncope presents to the ED with throat pain with swelling for 3 weeks. The pain was noted to be bilateral, worsened with swallowing, but she was able to tolerate some oral intake. Patient had previously b...
Case 59: Abdominal and Pelvic Pain
Eli Tran, Elaine Yu
20YO female presented to the emergency department with 4-5 days of pelvic/abdominal pain, with abrupt worsening one day prior while resting. Her pain was sharp, sudden, and improved with ED analgesics. No dizziness, lightheadedness, or vaginal bleeding. LMP 4 weeks prior. She was not using birth...
Case 58: Large Volume Paracentesis
Angela Wang, Benjamin LiottaA 66-year old male with a longstanding history of alcoholic cirrhosis presents to the ED early in the morning requesting a paracentesis with 10 days of worsening abdominal distention in the setting of running out of his home furosemide several weeks prior. He denied fever, nausea, vomiting, ...
Case 57: Positional Vertigo in the ED With Incidental Interatrial Shunt on Bubble Study
Carmon Controy, Akash Desai
44 y.o. male, brought by EMS from an outpatient procedure suite after sudden onset vertigo and gait instability following a right TMJ/ CNIII V3 injection. Patient experienced abrupt dizziness described as imbalance with ataxic gait, nausea, and one episode of emesis. The symptoms worsen w...
Case 56: Udderly Blinded: A Case of Chronic Ocular Trauma Unmasked by POCUS
Martin Day, Elaine Yu
A 69-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department after striking his right eye with the handle of a spray hose at work. He reported burning pain but denied bleeding, tearing, or other injuries. Eye movement did not exacerbate the pain. Notably, he...
Case 55: Diagnosing Posterior Ocular Chamber Abnormalities with Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Kevin Vo, MD; Rachna Subramony, MD
Case Presentation:A 31-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with bilateral blurry vision, left greater than right. He had been evaluated earlier that day by an optometrist and referred for concern of retinal detachment. The pa...
Case 54: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Polycystic Kidney Disease with Hepatic Involvement
EJ Curtis, Colleen Sweeney, Colleen Campbell
A 70-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension, obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation status-post Watchman procedure, and end-stage renal disease secondary to polycystic kidney disease (status-post renal transplant in 2014, complicate...