79 year old male with headaches, ataxia, falls, and difficulty urinating. What's the diagnosis?
19 year-old male presents with L ankle pain and obvious deformity after jumping out of a window and landing on his inverted foot. What's the diagnosis?
Ultrasound is useful during intubation; here is a video explaining how: http://ultrarounds.com/ultrarounds.com/Visual_Pearl_May_28,_2012.html
Today's Bonus Pearl:
EMRA has developed a great antibiotic guide for the iphone (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/2011-emra-antibiotic-guide/id393020737?mt=8) or android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Emergency+Medicine+Residents'+Association). This app is a bit pricey ($15.99), but is easy to use and well organized. Enjoy!
This week's visual pearl is an interesting ultrasound of a psoas abscess submitted by Dr. Sa'ad Lahri. He is an Attending physician in the Emergency Department of the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. The video quality is grainy, but it automatically replays so you can watch it a few times.
http://ultrarounds.com/ultrarounds.com/Visual_Pearl_May_14,_2012.html
68 yo man presents with new-onset seizures; his CT is shown below. What is your differential diagnosis?
67 yo male presents with burning substernal chest pain; worse with meals and when supine. What's the diagnosis?
26 year old male with pain when he extends his 4th finger as well as swelling of that digit. Diagnosis?
14 year-old male presents with right-sided testicular pain. What's the diagnosis?
24 year-old male presents following fall from a scaffolding and complains of wrist pain. Diagnosis?
35 year old male with sudden onset of abdominal pain. Diagnosis?
28 y.o. male felt his left knee "pop" after landing from a jump while playing basketball. Knee exam revealed limited knee extension. X-ray is shown. Diagnosis?
20 year old female complains of “itchy” rash to her foot x 1 week and recently the rash has spread to her other other foot and both hands (shown below). No past medical history, no fever or chills, no mucus membranes involvement, no new medications, no tick bites, no travel. She is also 16 weeks pregnant. What’s the diagnosis?
23 year-old male fell off porch while intoxicated. The head CT is shown below. Diagnosis?
64 year old male with emphysema and stage 4 lung cancer presents in respiratory distress. What's the diagnosis?
9 year-old boy with sudden onset of unilateral facial swelling. What’s the diagnosis?
72 year-old man, one-week post right fem-pop bypass presents with painful blue and black toe. Diagnosis?
5 year-old male with developmental delay presents with intractable non-bloody and non-bilious vomiting over 10 days; bowel movements are normal. Four weeks ago he was placed in a hip-spica cast following a motor vehicle crash. Abdominal x-ray is below. Diagnosis?
Question: 50-year-old diabetic female s/p foot burn several weeks ago, now presenting with pain and discharge from a poorly healing wound. Diagnosis?
19 year-old male s/p high-speed MVC with hypotension and diminished breath sounds on left. Diagnosis?
