The Heart Point Sign
A case report describes the echo findings of a patient with a traumatic left sided pneumothorax. Although the subcostal view […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus, Ultrasound
diagnosis
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
A-a gradient unhelpful in pregnancy
Image: Pregnant Silhouette (27288798902) by Donnie Ray Jones, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Given that thromboembolism is the leading […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Ultrasound
Small bowel obstruction
Image: Anatomy of the small intestine in ancient Chinese medicine Wellcome L0037817, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons When assessed […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Can we tell if AF is new?
One of the dilemmas in selecting appropriate therapy for atrial fibrillation in the emergency situation is determining whether the AF […]
Acute Med, All Updates
Fancy new ACS tests
It’s hard to keep track of all new proposed biomarkers that may be useful in the work up of acute […]
All Updates, Ultrasound
Another pneumoperitoneum
This Video from Academic Emergency Medicine shows distinct hyperechoic foci with reverberation artifacts visualised within free fluid, suggesting associated free […]
All Updates, Resus, Ultrasound
Pneumoperitoneum
This video from the Trauma Association of Canada shows sonographic detection of intraperitoneal free air [quicktime]http://www.traumacanada.org/media/pneumoperitoneum_video.mov[/quicktime]
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Finding the sick febrile kid
Image: 2023 Elektroniczny termometr lekarski by Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Finding children with serious illness among […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Resus
Delirium guidelines
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced guidelines on delirium. Delirium (sometimes called ‘acute confusional […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Complex acid-base problems
Working out the expected compensatory response to an acid base disturbance often reveals a second acid-base problem that was otherwise […]