UOTW #77

Jacob Avila3 Comments

46 yo f presents with LLE pain. On physical exam you note an area of redness on the lateral aspect of the thigh. Ultrasound demonstrates the following image. What is the appropriate management of the patient?


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UOTW #76

Jacob Avila6 Comments

A 45 year old male presents with shortness of breath following a right rotator cuff repair surgery. These scans were obtained at the mid axillary line at the level of T4.


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UOTW #75

Ben Graboyes10 Comments

This patient is a 31 year old female with a history of AIDS who presents with shortness of breath, cough and fever. Vitals: 120/80 95 19 102.5 91%RA.


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UOTW #74

Ben Smith14 Comments

This is a 50 year old female who presents with sudden onset retrosternal chest pain that began just after she heard of her sister’s death. Pain has been continuous for 2 hours, it is a dull ache. Vitals stable. Initial and 2 hour ECGs/troponins are shown, along with a bedside echocardiogram.


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UOTW #73

Bharath Kumar9 Comments

A 65 year old male presents to emergency department with a one week history of nausea and lethargy. He reports having consulted his GP early into his symptoms, for which he was given a course of antibiotics. He reports that his symptoms have not improved. The emergency physician sends blood work and the patient’s creatinine comes back at 18mg/dl with urea of 42mmol/L and K of 6.8. Patient is referred to Critical care for urgent dialysis. On further probing by the critical care team, patient reports history of occasional chills over the past one week and has also noticed that his urine output may have been lower than normal. The critical care physician places a probe on the patient’s abdomen and this is what he sees:


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