US of the Block: Not all veggies are good for you
Dr. Pooja Sheth captures excellent images of mitral valve vegetation on patient with known endocarditis
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Diagnostic Accuracy of the Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score (ADD-R) + D-Dimer for Acute Aortic Syndromes
Sam Du, PGY-3 reviews the ADvISED Study on the use of Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score and D-dimer to risk stratify for acute aortic syndromes
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Ultrasound of the Block: RUQ
Dr. Lukovic and Dr. Singh use POCUS to make a rapid diagnosis of cholecystitis in a patient with RUQ pain
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Hyponatremia
What would you do next for this middle aged female with hyponatremia in her abdominal pain workup?
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Head Trauma Pt2
CTH revealed no trauma but did reveal…hydrocephalus
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Minor Head Trauma
Patient arrives with headache and N/V – what do you do next?
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Elderly Head Trauma Pt2
Don’t forget about “medical problems” causing the elderly “surgical trauma” notifications!
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Transfusion Medicine
Sam Du, PGY-3 talks about the preparations/specific indications for transfusions of pRBC, platelets, and plasma as well as the potential risks of transfusions
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Preventing desaturation during ED intubation
Review By Maha Salama: Preoxygenate your patients with the head of bed elevated and use apneic oxygenation during RSI with NC at 15L/min
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Optimal tPA dose/duration using US guided catheter directed thrombolysis for intermediate risk PE
Review by Nimish Bhatt: Lower doses and shorter infusions of tPA via USCDT a/w improvement in RV:LV diameter and reduction in clot burden at 48 hours
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