Other Causes of Hypoxemia Hassan Mashbari Ahmed Al Hazmi Osaid Alser Matthew Mueller Christopher R. Tainter 1. A 75-year-old woman with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and…

Pericardiocentesis Rachel C. Frank Dusan Hanidziar 1. A 39-year-old woman presents to the Emergency Department 12 hours after the onset of rhinorrhea, nasal congestion, and cough. She reports pleuritic chest…

Distributive, Vasodilatory, Neurogenic, and Septic Gregory Mints Tanping Wong 1. A 76-year-old woman with a history of ischemic cardiomyopathy with known severely decreased left ventricular (LV) systolic function presents with…

Trauma Ultrasound and E-Fast Examination Morgan J. Crigger Vicki Sein 1. A 25-year-old man presents after a high-speed motorcycle crash. His BP is 85/50 mm Hg, HR 120 bpm, and…

Gastric Ultrasound Amanda Xi 1. Which is the correct identification of structures in Figure 68.1? Figure 68.1 A. A: liver, B: superior mesenteric artery, C: gastric antrum, D: aorta B….

Obstructive Shock Sarah Ellis McKenzie M. Hollon 1. A 72-year-old male with a history of renal cell cancer, s/p resection, and placement of bilateral nephrostomy tubes, is admitted to the…

Cardiogenic Shock Negmeldeen Mamoun Rasesh Desai J. Mauricio Del Rio 1. A 24-year-old male with a history of pulmonary sarcoidosis was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with severe…

Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cannulation Strategies Shu Y. Lu Adam A. Dalia 1. According to the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) guidelines, prior to the implantation of a left ventricular…

E-Fast Layne Alan Madden Maxwell A. Hockstein Deepa M. Patel 1. A patient presents after a rollover motor vehicle crash. On initial assessment, he has a Glasgow coma scale (GCS)…

Aortic Valvular Disease Ranjani Venkataramani Michael Nasr Boles Kot Mariya Geube 1. While evaluating an elderly patient with hypotension in the emergency room, a bedside point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) reveals good…