Point-of-Care Ultrasound

Emergency Ultrasound: Point-of-care Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine.

medical students deserve training in active listening and counseling before they encounter patients in distress. At the Alpert medical school of Brown university we created and evaluated a workshop that trains first-year medical students to assess patients’ emotional states and express empathy in an efficient and effective manner. using second-year students as near-peer facilitators, we integra...

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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Left-Sided Endocarditis

A 56-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with fatigue, generalized weakness, cough without hemoptysis or dyspnea, occasional fever, night sweats, dark stools, and weight loss for months. Physical exam revealed a cachectic gentleman with bilateral distal pitting edema. Cardiac and respiratory exams revealed no adventitious sounds. Stool guaiac was negative for blood. Complet...

Point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

The best diagnostic strategy to confirm or exclude pulmonary embolism (PE) suspicion needs an appropriate combination of clinical assessment, plasma D-dimer measurement, and computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA). CTPA should be used with caution in some patient groups, such as patients with known allergy to contrast media, those with severe renal insufficiency, and pregnant women, a...

Point of care ultrasound - the noninvasive evaluation of hemodynamic status

Published: 1 October 2015 References 1. Poter TR, Shillcutt SK, Adams MS, Desjardins G, Glas KE, Olson JJ, et al: Guidelines for the Use of Echocardiography as a Monitor for Therapeutic Intervention in Adults: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2015, 28(1):40-56. 2. Roscoe A, Strang T: Echocardiography in intensive care. Contin Educ Anaesth Crit Care P...