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Category Archives: Advanced EM Cases

Contains current advanced EM cases – Imaging Case and ECG of the Week – as well as an archived previous segment Educational Pearls.

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Imaging Case of the Week 573

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Prathibha

Adult patient with sepsis. What can be seen? Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced EM Cases, Imaging Case of the Week | Tagged chest x-ray

Lab case 428

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Basil Muharb

28 days old boy brought by his parents for multiple vomiting episodes. His venous gases showed the following:

PH = 7.479

pCO2 = 41 mmHg

pO2 = 34 mmHg

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Lab case 427 interpretation

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Basil Muharb

Question 1 answer

PH = 7.236, that is moderate acidaemia

HCO3 = 12.5 mmol/L. So we have metabolic acidosis.

Next we need to calculate the compensation and the the anion gap.

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Imaging Case of the Week 572

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Prathibha

The chest x-ray is from an elderly patient with septic delirium. What can be noticed? Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced EM Cases, Imaging Case of the Week | Tagged chest x-ray AP

Imaging Case of the Week 571 Answer

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Prathibha

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Posted in Advanced EM Cases, Imaging Case of the Week | Tagged Segond fracture

Imaging Case of the Week 570 Answer

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Prathibha

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Posted in Advanced EM Cases, Imaging Case of the Week | Tagged Posterior shoulder dislocation

Lab case 427

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Basil Muharb

21 year old man presented to ED with fatigue and weakness. His blood gases showed the following:

PH = 7.236

PCO2 = 30 mmol/L

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Lab case 426 interpretation

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Basil Muharb

Answers:

PH = 7.415, this is within normal range. slightly more to the alkelaemic side.

pCO2 = 34 mmHg, that is slightly low, this patient is hyperventilating. (Normal pCO2 is 40 mmHg on arterial blood and 48 mmHg on venous blood).

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hypertonic saline versus Mannitol, the unresolved question

Posted on November 8, 2023 by IreneP

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Imaging Case of the Week 571

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Prathibha

The following knee x-ray is from an adult with knee swelling post twisting injury. What can be seen? Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced EM Cases, Imaging Case of the Week | Tagged knee x-ray

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