Publications by authors named "Christopher D Thom"
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- - Neuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, or meralgia paresthetica, leads to pain and sensations like tingling in the front and side of the thigh, often due to nerve compression or irritation.
- - Two women in their sixties experienced chronic thigh pain and were treated with an ultrasound-guided nerve block, resulting in quick pain relief.
- - This condition is often misdiagnosed; however, specific symptoms and nerve block procedures can help doctors confirm the diagnosis and offer effective, non-opioid pain treatment.
Introduction It is commonly taught that positioning the patient in the left lateral decubitus (LLD) position will improve transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) image quality. Despite this, no previous studies have been performed that study this practice. Our goal was to quantify the difference in image quality of TTE views between the supine and LLD positions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute ischemic stroke in a pediatric population is uncommon and has a different etiology from the adult population. We describe a case of acute ischemic stroke for which emergent, physician-sonographer–performed transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) changed his outcome.The patient in this case presented with left-sided hemiparesis,with subsequent CT Angiography (CTA) imaging and follow-on neurosurgical embolectomy for a proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion after which showed early recovery of muscular deficit.
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