Category Archives: Point-of-Care Ultrasound

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH • Pneumothorax Diagnosis with Lung Sliding Quantification by Speckle Tracking: A Prospective Multicentric Observational Study

Lung ultrasound is commonly used for the diagnosis of pneumothorax, when the absence of pleural sliding, B-lines and lung pulse, or by the presence of a lung point, has been recommended to make the ultrasound diagnosis of pneumothorax......
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT REPORT • Improving the Documentation Quality of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scans in the Emergency Department

Point-of-care ultrasound scan (POCUS) has been incorporated a as a mandatory element of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)since 2010. All trainees must be signed off as competent in the four CORE clinical applications......
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE | Scoping Review of Implementing a Longitudinal Curriculum in Undergraduate Medical Education: The Wake Forest Experience.

The integration of hands-on ultrasound experience has become a highly desirable component for undergraduate medical education (UGME) curricula throughout the United States. Several schools have implemented a student-performed ultrasound experience......
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE | Case series: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Conducted by Medical Students During their First Clinical Rotation Changes Patients’ Primary Diagnosis and Management

The authors point out that we practice medicine in a transitional time where POCUS has entered the curriculum of some medical schools, but many senior and experienced physicians do not hold this new bedside capability......
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REVIEW | Effect of Intermittent High–Mechanical Index Impulses on Left Ventricular Strain

Endocardial border resolution can be improved by using Intermittent high–mechanical index (MI) impulses during ultrasound enhancing agent (UEA) infusion. In animal models, these high-MI impulses have been shown to also release adenosine triphosphate (ATP) for sustained periods of time......
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MITRALVALVE DISEASE | Mitral Valve Prolapse Patients with Less than Moderate Mitral Regurgitation Exhibit Early Cardiac Chamber Remodeling

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), which has a prevalence of 2.4% in the general population, is the most common etiology of mitral regurgitation (MR). The natural history of MVP is diverse, ranging from slow progression of mild MR degrees, to rapid progression to severe MR requiring cardiac surgery.......
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REVIEW | A Systematic Review of the Cost-Effectiveness of Ultrasound in Emergency Care Settings

Ultrasound (US) is safe and effective imaging modality for the rapid diagnosis and management of emergency conditions. Technological advances and the increasing availability of imaging modalities led to expansion of the use of clinical US. It is assumed that US is cost-effective in emergency care se...
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