Indulge me in a few more thoughts and images about posterior vitreous detachments.
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Ibuprofen and acetaminophen shortcut
I noticed a pattern in the dose of the things the other day that I’d never seen before. Am I late to the party? This is too good to be true.
Continue readingRetinal detachment; my white whale
After years of searching, I finally came across a few cases of retinal detachment. They are usually simple, but one similar diagnosis shows up when we learn about these things. There is an easy way to tell them apart, but you have to know what you are doing. Let’s have a look.
Continue readingE-waves? A-waves?
I saw a 51-year-old man recently with hypotension and tachycardia. It got interesting.
Continue readingUltrasound Image Depth
Learners often make the same same mistakes. One of the most common is not setting the depth properly. It’s not hard to fix, but it does need to pointed out. Let’s do that.
Paced EKGs
Not all “Paced” EKGs are the same. Let’s look at some of the differences among them.
Continue readingMonitor weirdness: concerning, yet oddly satisfying
There is nothing too deep here – and certainly nothing educational. These are just some vitals that caught my eye on the monitor.
Continue readingThe Cylinder Tangent Effect
Sometimes we measure cylindrical(ish) structures on a bedside ultrasound. On some occasions, the patient later gets a radiology performed scan and our measurements don’t match. This could be why.
Continue readingCervical spine badness… maybe?
I recently got some cervical spine X-rays on a patient that had been in a car wreck. You can probably guess what my level of concern was by virtue of the fact that I did not get a CT. I did, however, find something interesting…
X-rays or Ultrasounds for fractures?
Bones are very echogenic, which makes their ultrasound appearance a bright white line that is often easy to see – particularly in the case of superficial long bones. That’s what makes ultrasound a great way to find fractures. Let’s look at some examples.
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