Clinical Cases
Interesting Cases from Day-to-Day Practice
Case 71: Chronic Back Pain
Letitia Mueller, Bryan Merte, Anthony Medak
A 73-year-old female presented from family health center for "unbearable" chronic back pain. She has a complex surgical history, including a T11-sacral p...
Case 70: A Silent and Rapid Expansion
Natalie Sarafian, Elaine Yu
A 62-year-old male with a history notable for HFrEF (on Lasix), HIV, cirrhosis with varices, ulcerative colitis, methamphetamine use, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma (in remissio...
Case 69: Expedited Workup for a Low-Risk Pulmonary Embolism
Julia Kelly, Cameron Smyres
A 62-year-old man who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer presents to the ED after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism on outside CT imaging. The patient had ...
Case 68: Erector Spinae Plane Block for Rib Fracture Pain
Anthony Galvez, Tommy Ngo, Akash Desai
A 62yo male with a history of HIV and hypothyroidism presents to the ED with left-sided chest pain and shortness of breath after a near-syncopal episode follo...
Case 67: D-sign in a Post-Cardiac Surgical Patient
Liz Temple, Colleen Campbell
A 51-year-old male patient with past medical history of mitral valve prolapse s/p complex mitral valve repair with left atrial appendage exclusion and repair of atrial ...
Case 66: Rapid Diagnosis of Hemorrhagic Ovarian Cyst in a Reproductive-age Patient
Brigid Larkin, Colleen Campbell
A 20-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with 5 days of focal right lower quadrant abdominal pain progress...
Case 65: Knee Pain
Colleen Sweeney, Akash Desai
A 55-year-old female with no pertinent past medical or surgical history was brought in by ambulance after a bicycle accident with left knee pain.&nb...
Case 64: Ocular emergencies: A case of macula-on retinal detachment seen on POCUS
Theresa Jo Thomas , Akash Desai
Case: A 49-year-old female with a past medical history of type 1 diabetes on insulin and myopia presented to the emergency department for vision ...
Case 63: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Inferior Glenohumeral Dislocation (Luxatio Erecta)
Makhlouf Bannoud, Colleen Campbell
A 22-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with right shoulder pain and visible deformity after a sur...
Case 62: Undifferentiated Hypotension in the setting of Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response
Lucia Hong, Elaine Yu
A 70-year-old male with a history of cirrhosis, COPD, HTN, T2DM, and large abdominal wall hernia who presented after being found down in his home by a neighbor. Upon arrival, ...