It is 8am and a 72 year old male is brought to ED. He is sitting upright, sweaty, and in severe respiratory distress. What do the ultrasound clips show?
Clinical Cases
COPD Case 1 Lung Pulse
This patient has severe COPD and presents in extreme distress. An initial ultrasound is performed. What does this clip show?
COPD Case 2 Lung Bullae
A patient with a history of COPD / severe emphysema presents with an exacerbation of their shortness of breath. What does this clip show?
Subcutaneous emphysema Case 1
An elderly patient with a history of mild COPD presents after falling onto a chair and hitting their chest. The presentation is with chest pain and shortness of breath. What does this scan demonstrate?
Lung collapse Case 1
This patient suffered right sided chest trauma with a rib fracture, tension pneumothorax and extensive surgical emphysema. Then became more SOB after treatment with ICC
Ultrasound Case 010
A young man with a history of right sided pneumothorax, apical bullectomy and VATS pleurodesis presents with right sided pleuritic chest pain. You are asked to exclude recurrent pneumothorax.
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