Mysteries of the Gallbladder, Chamber of Echoes
A healthy woman presents to the ED with fever, emesis, epigastric pain, and right upper quadrant tenderness, but the gallbladder ultrasound shows no stones.
Bellapu and Guttman on POCUS for Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome in JEM
Dr. Bellapu and Dr. Guttman discuss the use of point of care ultrasound for diagnosing Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome in the Emergency Department.
Case Report: Twinkle Twinkle Little Stone
An otherwise healthy woman presents to the ER with severe flank pain. This little known ultrasound artifact can sometimes pinpoint the cause.
Fournier Gangrene on Bedside Ultrasound
A 34 year old male with no past medical history presented to the Emergency Department (ED) due to 1 day of left scrotal swelling…
Congrats to Dr. Josh Guttman on his recent review of Pediatric Diagnostic POCUS!
Josh Guttman’s latest publication in Pediatric EM Practice.
Posterior Tibial Nerve block
Case: A 20 year old female presented to the ED after having stepped on a sewing needle 3 days earlier, having it now buried in the plantar surface of her left foot. She described pain when she walked, but no fevers, chills or other systemic symptoms. Her vital signs were normal and she was well […]
Achilles Tendon Rupture, by Dr. Joshua Guttman
Case: A 58 year old male with no significant past medical history presented to the ED complaining of pain to the back of the left ankle for 2 weeks. He is on no medications and is a non-smoker. His injury occurred when playing handball 2 weeks earlier, where he felt a sudden pain to his […]
