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Author: @daniel_opazo
Type: #GraphicMed
Specialty: #Surgery #GenSurg #EmergencyMedicine #EM #POCUS
Topics: #Appendicitis #Ultrasound
🔰 Appendicitis | US findings |
A. ❌ comp, blind ended aperistaltic tubular structure in RLQ
B. 🎯Lesion
C. Diameter > 6 mm
D. Lumen distended with hypoechoic material
E. Appendicolith 🪨
F. Periapend💧
G. Echogenic pericecal 🧈
🧵 Eg 🎞 w/ 🗿cases ⤵️
#POCUS #FOAMed
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Author: @raina_patel1
Type: #MedEd #Case
Specialty: #GI #Gastroenterology #IM #InternalMedicine #Surgery
Topics: #VitaminDeficiency #GastricBypass #CopperDeficiency #Zinc #DentureCream
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What are the "not so common" vitamin deficiencies seen in gastric bypass surgery?
I typically associate peripheral neuropathy with vitamin B12, however there are other deficiencies to consider!
Read on... ☺️
@RosenelliEM @MedTweetorials
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Author: @RosenelliEM
Type: #MedEd
Specialty: #EM #EmergencyMedicine #Pulmnology #Surgery
Topics: #Pneumothorax #ChestTube #PigtailCatheter #POCUS @EMBoardBombs @blakebriggsMD
Want a quick review on Pneumothorax? Check out our new handout on @EMBoardBombs
Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Blowing up Aunt Marge. https://www.emboardbombs.com/s/PTX.pdf
Read the full hand out or follow along for some quick pearls.
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Author: @Natalie04823219
Type: #MedEd
Specialty: #Pediatrics #Peds #Surgery #GenSurg
Topics: #PyloricStenosis #InfantileHypertrophicPyloricStenosis
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Can cute tiny babies with Pyloric Stenosis be spared from surgery?
Pyloromyotomy has been the gold standard treatment and cure for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
#MedEd #MedTweetorials #Pediatrics #Surgery @MedTweetorials
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Author: @ShaleenVasavada
Type: #Publication
Specialty: #Surgery #GenSurg
Topics: #Appendicitis #Apendicolith #Appendectomy #NEJM #AntibioticsOnlyinAppendicitis
(1/4) Q: Are antibiotics non-inferior to surgery for appendicitis?
A: nonblinded, noninferiority, randomized trial comparing antibiotic therapy (10-day course) with appendectomy in 1552 patients with appendicitis.