UOTW #57

This 56 year old male presents with right sided hemiparesis and expressive aphasia. What finding here could be the origin of these symptoms?

UOTW #56

This patient is a 67 year old male who presents with lower abdominal pain associated with urinary frequency.  What finding here places the patient at increased risk of cystitis?

UOTW #54

This patient is a 28 year old male who was brought to you by EMS after he was found lying unconscious in his apartment by his family. The only medical history known by EMS is the patient was recently admitted for severe pancreatitis and has an indwelling PICC line in his LUE. EMS found the […]

UOTW #52

This patient presents with a severely depressed mental status and hypotension. The following ultrasound was obtained after an effective treatment was initiated. What was the treatment?

UOTW #51

The patient is a 56 y/o female who presents with sudden onset substernal chest pain associated with dyspnea and some diaphoresis. Vitals stable. An initial ECG was obtained. Cardiology was emergently consulted, but there was some suspicion that the ECG changes noted were merely J-Point elevation. A bedside echocardiogram was subsequently performed: