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Emergency Ultrasound (EUS)

Scenario
49 Your impression ?? Next step ?? Role of EUS ??

2008 ACEP EUS scope of practice

Whole-Body approach at the bedside

Fever of Unknown Sonographic Origin (FUSO)

EUS application (abdomen)

Role of US in infection control


Identify infection sources Guide therapeutic procedures

Sepsis workup
Lung and pleural spaces Genitourinary system Intra-abdominal infection
Solid organs Hollow organs Peritoneal cavity

Skin and soft-tissue

Chest

Normal US appearance of the chest

Bat / Lung sliding / Seashore sign

Pleural effusion

Basic US patterns of PLE

Purulent Pleurisy

Simple PLE

Empyema

Alveolar consolidation

Pneumonia

Necrotizing Pneumonia

Fluid-bronchogram

Pyopneumothorax

Air-bronchogram

Lung abscess

Lung and chest wall abscess

X-ray

Back scan for consolidation

Dynamic air-bronchogram

Necrotizing pneumonia

Lung abscess

Fungal infection

Hydronephrosis

Pyonephrosis

Renal abscess

Pyonephrosis

Infected cyst

Renal abscess

Gas within kidney

Psoas muscle abscess

Fourniers gangrene

BTI

CBD stone with obstruction

GB stone

Acute cholecystitis

Cardiac gallbladder and acute acalculous cholecystitis

Acute calculous cholecystitis

GB empyema

Liver abscess

Infected hepatic cyst

Liver abscess

Subphrenic area

miss

Gas: comet-tail artifact

Liver abscess ?

Subphrenic abscess

Complicated pancreatitis

Spleen

If A B is >20 cm2, splenomegaly is considered.

Splenic abscess

Abscess & Gas

Paracentesis

Clear ascites

Postoperative peritonitis

Dirty ascites

Pneumoperitoneum

Fever with AMS

Pseudomembranous colitis

Colitis

Diverticulitis with abscess

Retrocecal appendicitis rupture

Post-appendectomy fever

Post-LC fever

Epigastric pain with fever

Skin and soft tissue


18 y/o M, Rt leg cellulitis

Thigh abscess

Soft tissue abscess

Gas-forming abscess

Urachal cyst infection

Thigh abscess

Padding

43M with fever and right hip pain

Localize & Assist aspiration

Fever with left inguinal pain

56M with left inguinal pain and fever

73M, NF, Aeromonas hydrophila

78M, NF (KP)

Infected Thrombophlebitis

Floating Thrombosis

Right subclavian thrombosis

Maxillary Sinusitis

Intracranial hypertension in bacterial meningitis

62M with fever and septic shock

Right eye redness

Vegetation

Clinical Decision Making 57 y/o M, HR 119, BP 69/34, SpO2 82%

Take Home Message Recognize four patterns

Gas Fluid Solid Movement

EUS for Sepsis Integrated Application


Diagnose lesion Assist procedure Guide therapy

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