Journal Club Sept 12

Here is the article:

Haydar SA, Moore ET, Higgins GL et al. Effect of Bedside Ultrasonography on the Certainty of Physician Clinical Decisionmaking for Septic Patients in the ED. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;60:346-358.

See you Wednesday, 9:15am in the EM Conference Room (Coughlin Room) at the Civic.

Dr. Krywenky's great case

Another great case....

A patient with a history of breast cancer presented with what appeared to be an abscess in the right inguinal area.

Soft-tissue POCUS showed fluid, but also lots of solid material inside.  This raised the possibility that the abscess was in fact a necrotic cancerous lymph node.

Instead of performing an I&D, she ultimately referred the patient to surgery, and involved the patient's oncologist.

POCUS Journal Club at TOH

This year, we are starting a monthly journal club.  All residents on EMUS rotations are expected to attend the journal club that month.

Journal club is at the Civic, 9:15am.  EM Conference Room (Coughlin Room)

Dates are:

Sept 12
Oct 10
Nov 7
Dec 5
Jan 30
Feb 27
March 13
March 27
April 10 (Peds ultrasound month)
May 22

Articles will be posted here on the blog!

Going live...

The blog is going live soon....hope all the twitter and Facebook integration works.  Yes this is a test post.

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