Pre-hospital Echo
Image: Pocus (ultrasound) semi-portable by Dr Bowser, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Pre-hospital physicians in Germany performed basic echo […]
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diagnosis
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US determined best LP position
Here ultrasound was used to ascertain the best position for doing a lumbar puncture in kids, where the interspinous space […]
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Inadequate pre-hospital needle thoracostomy
Image: Venflon intravenous cannula 3, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons The purpose of this study was to evaluate the […]
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RV involved in AMI more often than you think
Image: Dilation of the right ventricle of the heart Wellcome L0061494 by Godart, Thomas, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons […]
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VF on echo
How can you not love those guys at hqmeded.com? Here’s a great case of theirs demonstrating the echocardiographic appearance of […]
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Swimming the Channelopathy
Drowning is one of the leading causes of accidental death in children. Some apparent drownings may be related to sudden […]
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Tracheobronchial Foreign Bodies in Children
Image: Button surgically removed from a child's nose, United Kingdo Wellcome L0058148, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Asphyxiation by […]
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Missed PTX signs on CXR
Image: Pneumothorax-fr by BruceBlaus, Rezemika (translation), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Chest x-rays often miss pneumothoraces in the trauma […]
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'AMI' on ICU
ECG machines may give a printed report saying ***ACUTE MI***. In a retrospective study, patients on the ICU whose 12 […]
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Aorta/IVC ratio and dehydration
Two studies this month report a correlation between ultrasound detected aorta/IVC ratio and dehydration in children presenting with diarrhoea and/or […]