Saving Brainspace with POCUS
February 8th, 2018
Here is a cool case that Lloyd Gordon recently sent us...
"A 60 year-old woman had a fever of 39.[...]
Tag: free fluid
Send the right patients home with POCUS
Dr. Tim Van Aerde sent us this great case which illustrates some important points. This lady came in with vaginal bleeding, hCG 2500 and very minor left flank pain. Vitals normal. Hemoglobin normal. In the past I would have sent this patient home with an ultrasound in the morning. Threw on the probe and saw […]
Good uterus gone bad
The first patient was a week post-partum with some midline pelvic pain. POCUS showed a hyperechoic line in the endometrial cavity: likely gas from endometritis. The second patient had post-menopausal bleeding for over a month. POCUS showed a very bulky post-menopausal uterus with a fluid collection cephalad to the uterus: likely endometrial Ca. [Ed […]
#POCUS for Trauma in pregnancy
Anton Helman (@EMCases) put up a question on Twitter regarding pregnant trauma patients and whether or not one can see a tiny amount of free fluid later in pregnancy that is physiologic. Or should one assume that it is blood. The answer is the latter. There is actually a Best BETS on using FAST in […]
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