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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Ultrasound Case 009
A 70 year old male who had been "legally blind" for several years presented after blunt occular trauma. He had never had his eyes formally assessed. He said he had improved light perception post injury and could actually see moving shapes.
Ultrasound Case 007
A young man presents with severe intermittent left testicular pain. Describe and interpret these scans
Ultrasound Case 008
A 49 year old cyclist hit by a car complains of abdominal pain, worst in his left upper quadrant. Describe and interpret these scans
Ultrasound Case 006
A patient with known metastatic breast cancer presents with increasing exertional dyspnoea.
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.
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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?
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Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) as "the conscientious and judicious used of current best evidence from clinical research in the management of individual patients".
Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is a core skill that helps link evidence to clinical expertises, the patient's individual circumstances and environmental influences