Ultrasound Case 006
A patient with known metastatic breast cancer presents with increasing exertional dyspnoea.
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Ultrasound Case 005
A 66 year old woman presents with gradually increasing shortness of breath. She had a syncopal event whilst standing in church and remains grey and sweaty.
Pneumothorax Case 4
A 32 year old man presents with a 4 day history of increasing right sided chest pain and associated shortness of breath.
Pneumothorax Case 3
A 31 year old male presents after what is thought to be a superficial penetrating chest wound. You perform an ultrasound. What does this show?
The True Angina
A 44 year-old man presents to the ED 2 days after having an infected left mandibular second molar tooth extracted by his dentist.
Just a sore throat
aka ENT Equivocation 002 A 38 year old male with a background history of type 2 diabetes presents with fevers, rigors and pain on swallowing. There is no sign of impending airway compromise; however, marked trismus is noted. The following…
You can beat the feeling
It’s a busy night shift in the ED (as always) and one of the Interns comes to present a case to you. He’s seen a 23 yr old female who has presented with lethargy and weakness. While you're listening to the Intern your phone rings — it's the lab calling to tell you the patient’s potassium is 1.9 mmol/L.
Hypernatraemia and Acidosis
A 20 year old male presents with 3 days of lethargy and generalised malaise. He is confused and looks very unwell. Can sort out this metabolic muddle?
Staph Sepsis Acidosis
You are asked to review a 73 year old lady who is in hospital for treatment of septic arthritis affecting a prosthetic right hip joint inserted 5 years earlier.
Metabolic Mayhem a Headache
An 87 year old female presented with a subarachnoid haemorrhage. GCS 8/15. Can you figure out her acid-base disturbance?
Waxing and Waning Weakness
A 50 year old Chinese female presents with severe weakness. She has a history of previous similar episodes that self-resolved. What's going on?
Could it be renal colic?
Consider a 65 year-old male presenting with right-sided flank pain radiating to the groin. The following CT scan was taken to confirm a presumed diagnosis of renal colic: