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Review of the Use and Diagnostic Accuracy of the RUSH Exam for Internal Medicine
Sargis Manukyan, Akash Desai
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an important tool for today’s practitioners. Studies have supported the use of POCUS in many clinical decision-making scenarios compared solely to standard examinations and other imaging modalities1. Its integration in the emergency medicine (EM) setti...
Case 73: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detection of Uroperitoneum After Orthotopic Neobladder Creation
Hannah Oelschlager MD, Aarish Shahab MD, Rachna Subramony MD, Bryan Merte MD
A 63-year-old man with bladder cancer and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented on postoperative day 8 after robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical cystoprostatectomy with orthotopic neobladder creation. He had been discharged th...
Case 72: A Ureteral Jet in the Setting of Nonobstructing Nephrolithiasis
Liam DiZio, Elaine Yu
A 43-year-old female with a history of hepatic adenoma status post embolization and microwave ablation presented to the emergency department with one week of constant right flank and right lower chest wall pain. She denied fever, nausea, vomiting, dysuria, hematuria, chest pain, dyspnea, or rec...
Case 71: Chronic Back Pain
Letitia Mueller, Bryan Merte, Anthony Medak
A 73-year-old female presented from family health center for "unbearable" chronic back pain. She has a complex surgical history, including a T11-sacral posterior spinal fusion and an L3 corpectomy performed at a local outside hospital. She is chronically wheelchair-bound. ...
Case 70: A Silent and Rapid Expansion
Natalie Sarafian, Elaine Yu
A 62-year-old male with a history notable for HFrEF (on Lasix), HIV, cirrhosis with varices, ulcerative colitis, methamphetamine use, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma (in remission) presents to the emergency department with acute onset shortness of breath and chest pain. His exertional dyspnea and ...
Case 69: Expedited Workup for a Low-Risk Pulmonary Embolism
Julia Kelly, Cameron Smyres
A 62-year-old man who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer presents to the ED after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism on outside CT imaging. The patient had a CT scan of his chest for cancer staging and an incidental PE was found. He was told to seek care at the ED. The patien...
Case 68: Erector Spinae Plane Block for Rib Fracture Pain
Anthony Galvez, Tommy Ngo, Akash Desai
A 62yo male with a history of HIV and hypothyroidism presents to the ED with left-sided chest pain and shortness of breath after a near-syncopal episode followed by a fall 3 days prior. The patient was carrying groceries when he suddenly felt lightheaded and fell to the ground....
Case 67: D-sign in a Post-Cardiac Surgical Patient
Liz Temple, Colleen Campbell
A 51-year-old male patient with past medical history of mitral valve prolapse s/p complex mitral valve repair with left atrial appendage exclusion and repair of atrial septal defect complicated by perioperative pericarditis was directly admitted to the ICU following outpatient echocardio...