Erick Joel Rendón-Ramírez, Andrés Mauricio Morales-García, Adrián Rendón-Pérez, Homero Nañez-Terreros, Ricardo Cesar Solis, Alexandra Daniela Magaña-García, Samantha Medrano-Juárez, Jose Francisco Caloca-Estrada, Roberto Mercado-Longoria, Jorge Eduardo Leija-Herrera, José M. Porcel – To analyze the association between pleural effusion detected by chest point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and clinical outcomes in patients with septic shock admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).
Jenniffer Katherine Guío Rodríguez, MD; Jenny del Pilar Rico Mendoza, MD; Elkin René Barrios Peralta, MD – Using point of care ultrasound (POCUS) to evaluate patients with syncope in the emergency department facilitates the timely diagnosis of life-threatening pathologies. Case: A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department of a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, for a syncopal episode. Vital signs, physical examination, electrocardiogram, and routine laboratory tests were normal. Cardiac POCUS was performed, which identified an echogenic mass located in the left atrium, measuring 35x28mm, which in left atrial systole appeared to occupy the entire chamber.
Randi Connor-Schuler, MD; Jonathan Suarez, MD – Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a significant problem for patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), both due to the high incidence and associated mortality with rates of AKI requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) of over 5%, and mortality rates with AKI of over 60%.