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Case 65: Knee Pain
Colleen Sweeney, Akash Desai
A 55-year-old female with no pertinent past medical or surgical history was brought in by ambulance after a bicycle accident with left knee pain. She was unhelmeted while riding a bicycle going 10mph when she collided into an e-bike.&nbs...
Case 64: Ocular emergencies: A case of macula-on retinal detachment seen on POCUS
Theresa Jo Thomas , Akash Desai
Case: A 49-year-old female with a past medical history of type 1 diabetes on insulin and myopia presented to the emergency department for vision changes. The patient stated that three days ago she noticed “flashers” in the vision ...
Case 63: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Inferior Glenohumeral Dislocation (Luxatio Erecta)
Makhlouf Bannoud, Colleen Campbell
A 22-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with right shoulder pain and visible deformity after a surfing injury. He reported that a wave forcefully pulled his surfboard while he was holding on, followed by an audible “po...
Case 62: Undifferentiated Hypotension in the setting of Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response
Lucia Hong, Elaine Yu
A 70-year-old male with a history of cirrhosis, COPD, HTN, T2DM, and large abdominal wall hernia who presented after being found down in his home by a neighbor. Upon arrival, the patient was hypotensive with systolic blood pressures in the 70s and in atrial fibrillation with RVR with heart rate...
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, ...