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BRIEF RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS • Improved Thrombus Assessment by Transesophageal Echocardiography: The DOLOP (Detection of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombosis Utilizing Optison) Study

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is an essential clinical tool to assess for thrombus in the left atrial appendage (LAA) prior to cardioversion or ablation in the setting of atrial fibrillation (AF) or flutter ......
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EDUCATION AND CLINICAL PRACTICE: ORIGINAL RESEARCH • Methodologic Quality of Guidelines for Training or Competence Processes for Basic Point-of-Care Echocardiography in Critical Care – A Systematic Review of the Literature

Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is defined as a diagnostic or procedural guidance ultrasound performed by clinicians to help guide patient management. Current pathways for PoCUS training, education and competence rely on expert guidelines......
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RESEARCH REPORT • Gastric Emptying Time of Two Different Quantities of Clear Fluids in Children: A Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Study

Perioperative pulmonary aspiration in children is infrequent and is more likely to occur in emergency situations than in elective surgeries. Gastric ultrasound in pediatric patients could help identify children with significant gastric volumes before anesthesia......
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CORRESPONDENCE 
• Transthoracic Utilization of the Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe—A Novel Window to Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Pediatric Anesthesiologist

The precordial stethoscope has been the universal standard for continuous cardiorespiratory monitoring during pediatric anesthesia. This long-standing standard has been replaced with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)......
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Clinical Investigations • Simple Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Scoring System for the Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressure

A noninvasive method of LVFP estimation is necessary in the clinical management of patients with HF. Echocardiography is the first-line tool both for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with HF......
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GENERAL MEDICINE/SYSTEMATIC REVIEW SNAPSHOT • Is Chest Ultrasonography Superior to Supine Chest Radiography in Identifying Pneumothorax in Emergency Department Trauma Patients?

In this clinical synopsis, the authors included 9 studies comprising 1,271 patients with 410 pneumothoraces from an initial 2,293 references. The median prevalence of traumatic pneumothorax was 30% (range 21% to 52%). The overall sensitivity of chest ultrasonography was 0.91......
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