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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: An Uncommon Cause of Papilledema on Bedside Ocular Ultrasound
Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare, difficult-to-diagnose form of venous thromboembolic disease and is considered a type of stroke. Its presentation is highly variable and may be easily confused for more common and less debilitating or life-threatening diagnoses such as migraine, seizure, or idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - December 8, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jason Arthur, Petra Duran-Gehring, Christopher Kumetz, Steven Chadwick, Mark McIntosh Tags: Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Single whole-leg compression ultrasound for exclusion of deep vein thrombosis in symptomatic ambulatory patients: a prospective observational cohort study
Conclusion Patients who have anticoagulation withheld following a negative or inconclusive whole leg CUS for suspected DVT have a low rate of adverse events at 3 months. Including the calf in ultrasound examination aided and clarified diagnosis in approximately one third of patients. Technical failure remains an issue: several factors were significantly associated with inconclusive results in our cohort and may warrant an alternative diagnostic approach Abstract 008 Table 1Measuring ED crowding Measure Operational DefinitionAbility of ambulances to offload patients.An ED is crowded when the 90th percentile time betwe...
Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - September 7, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Horner, D., Hogg, K., Body, R., Mackway-Jones, K. Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Stroke, Venous thromboembolism, Radiology, Clinical diagnostic tests, Radiology (diagnostics) DAY 1: FOUR TOP SCORING CEM ABSTRACTS: ELGAR 2 12:00-13:00 Source Type: research

Bedside Ultrasound Diagnosis of Acute Embolic Femoral Artery Occlusion
Abstract: Background: Acute limb ischemia is both a limb-threatening and life-threatening disease process. Nontraumatic acute peripheral arterial occlusion is most commonly caused by a thrombosis or an embolism.Objectives: There is limited evidence on the use of bedside ultrasound for the detection of acute limb ischemia, but duplex ultrasonography is standard in the diagnosis and operative planning in chronic limb ischemia. Emergency physicians may use bedside ultrasound in the evaluation of patients with symptoms and signs suggestive of this disease entity.Case Report: A 64-year-old man with a past medical history of hy...
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - August 28, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Daniel M. Rolston, Turandot Saul, Tommy Wong, Resa E. Lewiss Tags: Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research