Pneumothorax Case 2
A 16 year old woman presents with pleuritic chest pain and a slight sensation of dyspnoea. What does this ultrasound show?
Category LITFL
Manes Kartagener
Manes Kartagener (1897 - 1975) was an Austrian-Swiss physician. First to report the triad of situs inversus, chronic sinusitis and bronchiectasis in 1933 – Kartagener syndrome.
EMA October 2013
Insights and summary of Issue 5 (Vol. 25) of Emergency Medicine Australasia published from Andrew Gosbell & Tony Brown
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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?
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Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Trouble-shooting QA cardiovascular curveball. Your patient has poor cardiac output after CABGx4 and starts IABP
The Paradoxical Alternative
49 year female old smoker with two weeks of increasing shortness of breath. She is treated for pneumonia on the ward but getting worse.
EMA August 2013
Insights and summary of Issue 4 (Vol. 25) of Emergency Medicine Australasia published from Andrew Gosbell & Tony Brown
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Lung ultrasound: Subcutaneous Emphysema
Overview of subcutaneous emphysema with image techniques, differential diagnosis and links to clinical cases