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Explore Intern Ultrasound of the Month & otehr cool Cases from University Hospitals Emergency Medicine Residency. Our program believes in growing our trainees and faculty to be the very best they can be in a supportive environment. We have worked collaboratively with our residents and faculty to better shape that goal into a vision. Thus, we have defined our program's guiding mission,..
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3d ago
To follow up our most recent case of McConnell’s sign in the setting of an acute pulmonary embolism, Dr. Isma Dhanani goes more in-depth on the right heart and covers additional signs of right heart dysfunction - acute and chronic - that can be quickly identified with POCUS ..read more
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2M ago
Our latest Intern Ultrasound of the Month is brought to you by Dr. Gabe Alagna. He presents a case in which POCUS performed on a patient in cardiac arrest found an enlarged right heart with McConnell’s sign, raising concern for PE, which quickly changed management. Read on to learn more ..read more
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3M ago
Our latest Intern Ultrasound of the Month is by Dr. Annie Thai. She shares a case of a symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm and provides a great review of how to perform and optimize your aorta ultrasound exam. We hope you enjoy ..read more
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5M ago
Our next Intern Ultrasound of the Month is by Dr. Dave Wiliams and features a classic case of cellulitis in which POCUS helped support the clinical diagnosis and rule out an abscess. Read on for a great review of cellulitis and how to evaluate for soft tissue infections using POCUS ..read more
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7M ago
Our next Intern Ultrasound of the Month is by Dr. Matthew Hom and features a great case of vitreous hemorrhage diagnosed with POCUS. Read on to learn more about this and how to differentiate from ophthalmologic emergencies such as retinal detachment ..read more
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8M ago
Our next Intern Ultrasound of the Month is by (now PGY2) Dr. Brian Fort and features a great case of post-viral pneumonia with associated pleural effusions diagnosed with POCUS when the patient was too unstable for CT. The patient’s course was further complicated by bacterial superinfection resulting in Lemierre syndrome ..read more
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11M ago
Not all hydronephrosis is a kidney stone! Our latest Intern Ultrasound of the Month by Dr. Brooke Ott features a great case of a patient presenting with flank pain whose renal POCUS found hydronephrosis in addition to complex mass in her pelvis. This led to the discovery of tubo-ovarian abscess as the culprit. Learn more in this blog post ..read more
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1y ago
Flashes & floaters & POCUS, oh my! Our latest Intern Ultrasound of the Month is by Dr. Ranjana (RJ) Ravikumar and features a great case of a large retinal detachment diagnosed with POCUS! Check it out ..read more
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1y ago
Did you know you can diagnose ligament injuries of the knee using POCUS? Our latest Intern Ultrasound of the Month by Dr. Shauna Combs features a case of an MCL tear and traumatic effusion followed by discussion on how to evaluate for various musculoskeletal injuries of the knee! Read on to learn more ..read more
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1y ago
Our next Intern Ultrasound of the Month is a great review of POCUS for First Trimester Pregnancy by Dr. Austin Schoeffler ..read more