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don’t jump the gun…

July 22, 2014 By Christopher Partyka Leave a Comment

the case.

an elderly male is bought to ED following a high-speed motor vehicle accident having driven his car into a tree at ~100 km/h. He is complaining of severe chest pain & trouble breathing. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Interesting, Trauma, Ultrasound Tagged With: EFAST, false positive, lung ultrasound, pneumothorax

more knackered neonates…

August 5, 2013 By Christopher Partyka Leave a Comment

Following on from our first knackered neonate – here are some rapid fire cases of unwell little ones… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Interesting, Paediatrics Tagged With: congenital diaphragmatic hernia, neonatal resuscitation, pneumothorax, pyloric stenosis, respiratory distress, sick neonate, transient tachypnoea of newborn, TTN

observing the occult…

September 26, 2012 By Christopher Partyka Leave a Comment

The case:

A motorcyclist is minding his own business, stationary at a set of lights and is rear-ended by a car at ~60-70km/h. He is thrown 10 meters or so from his bike and lands on his left side. Remarkably he is systemically well, except for significant left lateral chest wall pain !!

You think he has reduced air-entry on the left side, but is he’s not dyspnoeic, nor hypoxic. The remainder of his primary survey is unremarkable.

This is his supine CXR…

EFAST showed no evidence of free intraperitoneal fluid, but this is what I saw on the chest….

[Read more…]

Filed Under: #FOAM, Evidence, Radiology, Trauma, Ultrasound Tagged With: chest drain, intercostal catheter, occult pneumothorax, pneumothorax

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