Amal Mattu
Amal Mattu
Christopher Thom,Jason Nomura
Christopher Thom
One cannot successfully employ point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) without a process to provide support and guidance. POCUS administration is a multifaceted topic that demands the utmost attention from those responsible for program implementat...
Judy Lin,Javier Rosario,Nicholas Saltarelli
Judy Lin
The management of patients in shock or arrest is a critical aspect of emergency medicine and critical care. Rapid and accurate assessment is paramount in determining the underlying causes and initiating timely interventions. This article pr...
Tiffany Fong,Harry Heverling,Randall Rhyne
Tiffany Fong
Ultrasound guidance is fundamental to procedural safety and success. For many emergency department (ED) procedures, the use of ultrasound improves first-pass success rate, time-to-completion, and complication rate when compared with traditi...
David A Martin,Henry Ashworth,Arun Nagdev
David A Martin
Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks serve as a valuable component of multimodal pain management for acutely injured patients in the emergency department and offer a potentially more efficient alternative to time-consuming procedural sedation. ...
Ocular Ultrasound [0.03%]
眼科超声检查
Valerie A Pierre,Tierra Smith,Alexis Salerno
Valerie A Pierre
Point-of-care ultrasound may be used to assist in the diagnosis of ocular complaints in the emergency department. With the use of a linear probe, the emergency physician can view anterior and posterior chamber structures of the patient's ey...
Amy Marks,Evelyn Schraft,Michael Gottlieb
Amy Marks
Point-of-care ultrasound may be used to assist in the diagnosis of skin, soft tissue, and musculoskeletal concerns in the emergency department. Frequently, linear or curvilinear probes are used to perform these studies and ultrasound may be...
Jackie Shibata,Yiju Teresa Liu
Jackie Shibata
Point-of-care ultrasound is a useful tool in the evaluation of women with pelvic complaints in the emergency department. Transabdominal and transvaginal approaches may be employed to assess a variety of obstetric or gynecologic pathologies....
Genitourinary Ultrasound [0.03%]
泌尿系统超声检查
Daniel J Kim,Colin R Bell,Gillian Sheppard
Daniel J Kim
Renal and genitourinary (GU) complaints are common reasons for presentation to the emergency department (ED). This article reviews the approach to renal, bladder, and testicular point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) with specific discussions of ...
Vascular Ultrasound [0.03%]
血管超声检查
Meaghan K Frederick,Lori A Stolz,Petra E Duran-Gehring
Meaghan K Frederick
Vascular point-of-care ultrasound is a useful tool for emergency department (ED) clinicians to evaluate lower extremity pain and swelling. It can quickly and safely detect deep vein thrombosis, a serious condition that can lead to pulmonary...