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View article: Diaphragm Ultrasound for Assessing Diaphragmatic Function and Predicting Ventilator Weaning Success: A Review of the Literature
Diaphragm Ultrasound for Assessing Diaphragmatic Function and Predicting Ventilator Weaning Success: A Review of the Literature Open
Purpose of Review This manuscript reviews technical principles, clinical applications, and growing evidence around the use of diaphragmatic ultrasound (DU) as a practical, accurate, and reproducible tool for evaluating diaphragm function —…
View article: Use of a Shoulder-Mounted Wearable Sensor Prototype Designed to Detect Opioid-Related Overdose: A Qualitative User Experience Study
Use of a Shoulder-Mounted Wearable Sensor Prototype Designed to Detect Opioid-Related Overdose: A Qualitative User Experience Study Open
Background For over a decade, drug overdose has been the leading cause of injury and accidental death in the United States. Most fatal overdoses involve opioids and occur during solitary drug use events when no one is available to initiate…
View article: Rib Reverberation: An Important New Artifact in Lung Ultrasound
Rib Reverberation: An Important New Artifact in Lung Ultrasound Open
Point of care ultrasound of the lungs has emerged as a crucial tool in the evaluation of hypoxemia in critical care and hospital medicine settings. The ability to distinguish the horizontal A-line artifact from other lung pathology is esse…
View article: “Nobody Deserves to Overdose and Die by Themselves”: A Qualitative User Experience Study of a Wearable Sensor Prototype Designed to Detect Opioid-Related Overdose (Preprint)
“Nobody Deserves to Overdose and Die by Themselves”: A Qualitative User Experience Study of a Wearable Sensor Prototype Designed to Detect Opioid-Related Overdose (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND For over a decade, drug overdose has been the leading cause of injury and accidental death in the United States. Most fatal overdoses involve opioids and occur during solitary drug use events when no one is available to initiat…
View article: Trends in Point of Care Ultrasound Familiarity Among Undergraduate Medical Clerkship Educators
Trends in Point of Care Ultrasound Familiarity Among Undergraduate Medical Clerkship Educators Open
Objectives: Despite growing use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS), there remains a paucity of data about familiarity with POCUS among educators who dictate curricular content in undergraduate medical education. This paper aims to longitu…
View article: Best Practices for Point of Care Ultrasound: An Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus
Best Practices for Point of Care Ultrasound: An Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus Open
Despite the growing use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in contemporary medical practice and the existence of clinical guidelines addressing its specific applications, there remains a lack of standardization and agreement on optimal pr…
View article: The Use of Thoracic Ultrasound to Predict Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusion
The Use of Thoracic Ultrasound to Predict Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusion Open
Objectives: Pleural effusion is a common reason for hospital admission with thoracentesis often required to diagnose an underlying cause. This study aimed to determine if the imaging characteristics of TUS effectively differentiates betwee…
View article: Use of point-of-care ultrasound to diagnose spontaneous rupture of fibroid in pregnancy
Use of point-of-care ultrasound to diagnose spontaneous rupture of fibroid in pregnancy Open
Background: Complications of fibroids in pregnancy are well known, including postpartum hemorrhage, labor dystocia, and cesarean delivery. Outside of pregnancy and labor, the rare occurrence of spontaneous fibroid rupture has been document…
View article: Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents Open
Background: Focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) is a safe and efficient diagnostic intervention for internal medicine physicians. FCU is a highly teachable skill, but is used in routine cardiac assessment in only 20% of surveyed training prog…
View article: Characteristics, Outcomes, and Trends of Patients With COVID-19–Related Critical Illness at a Learning Health System in the United States
Characteristics, Outcomes, and Trends of Patients With COVID-19–Related Critical Illness at a Learning Health System in the United States Open
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
View article: Effect of Machine Settings on Ultrasound Assessment of B‐lines
Effect of Machine Settings on Ultrasound Assessment of B‐lines Open
Objectives B‐lines are a lung ultrasound (LUS) artifact that often indicate pathology. Little is known about the optimal ultrasound machine settings to assess B‐lines. We compared settings typically used to evaluate B‐lines at our institut…
View article: The ABCs of CEAs: Building Blocks for Decision Making*
The ABCs of CEAs: Building Blocks for Decision Making* Open
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine; and Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, Un…
View article: ATS Core Curriculum 2020. Adult Critical Care Medicine
ATS Core Curriculum 2020. Adult Critical Care Medicine Open
The American Thoracic Society Core Curriculum updates clinicians annually in adult and pediatric pulmonary disease, medical critical care, and sleep medicine, in a 3- to 4-year recurring cycle of topics. These topics will be presented at t…
View article: Reply to: Using Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound on Home Visits
Reply to: Using Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound on Home Visits Open
This reply comments on the letter by Christopher Flores .
View article: Using Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound on Home Visits: The Home‐Oriented Ultrasound Examination (HOUSE)
Using Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound on Home Visits: The Home‐Oriented Ultrasound Examination (HOUSE) Open
Primary care physicians often refer patients to a radiology department for an ultrasound examination, a considerable hurdle for homebound patients. Several handheld ultrasound (HHUS) devices have entered the market and are becoming accessi…
View article: Lung ultrasound in acute respiratory distress syndrome and beyond
Lung ultrasound in acute respiratory distress syndrome and beyond Open
Lung ultrasound is still a relatively new technology, albeit one that has rapidly grown in popularity since the initial description of ultrasonographic evaluation of the pleura in the 1960s (1) and of the lung parenchyma in the 1980s (2).
View article: 12th WINFOCUS world congress on ultrasound in emergency and critical care
12th WINFOCUS world congress on ultrasound in emergency and critical care Open
A1 Point-of-care ultrasound examination of cervical spine in emergency departmentYahya Acar, Onur Tezel, Necati SalmanA2 A new technique in verifying the placement of a nasogastric tube: obtaining the longitudinal view of nasogastric tube …