Scanning the adnexa...a no-go zone?
January 9th, 2019
Every ED across the planet has its own demographic. Some EDs may see more of this, and other EDs may see more of that. But I bet we all see lots of cases of abdominal pain. Often enough, it can be difficult and time-consuming to make the diagnosis, especially in the older patient. Order blood […]
A 82 yr. old patient came in for chronic recurrent epigastric pain. A CT was done on the previous admission which showed pancreatic calcifications, consistent with chronic pancreatitis. On this visit the patient had a similar presentation. She looked well, with a pretty benign abdomen and normal labs. I was pressed for time and didn’t […]
Dr. Sean Ryan works in a rural hospital with no surgical coverage and in this case there was no access to ultrasound because it was a Saturday morning. As you know people aren’t supposed to have emergencies in rural communities on weekends requiring ultrasound. A 24 year old woman presents with RLQ pain and Dr. […]
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