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Review and discussion of recent literature in point of care ultrasound.
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Monday Sep 12, 2016
Monday Sep 12, 2016
The left upper quadrant view in the FAST (focused assessment with sonography for trauma) exam can be difficult to get just right. This paper examines how important it is in finding intraabdominal free fluid. The authors reviewed FAST exams to determine how often there is free fluid only in the left upper quadrant. Also, they looked to see which part of the left upper quadrant free fluid went to most often. Spoiler alert: its not the subphrenic space!
Tuesday Apr 12, 2016
Tuesday Apr 12, 2016
This paper examines the utility of the extension of the thoracic spine sign at detecting subtle pleural effusions on point-of-care lung ultrasound.