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Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2022 14:3
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Empowering the willing: the feasibility of tele-mentored self-performed pleural ultrasound assessment for the surveillance of lung health
SARS-CoV-2 infection, manifesting as COVID-19 pneumonia, constitutes a global pandemic that is disrupting health-care systems. Most patients who are infected are asymptomatic/pauci-symptomatic can safely self-...
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Performance of an automated ultrasound device in identifying and tracing the heart in porcine cardiac arrest
While intra-arrest echocardiography can be used to guide and monitor chest compression quality, it is not currently feasible on the scene of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Rapid and automated sonographic loc...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2022 14:1 -
Critical care ultrasound training: a survey exploring the “education gap” between potential and reality in Canada
Critical care ultrasound (CCUS) is now a core competency for Canadian critical care medicine (CCM) physicians, but little is known about what education is delivered, how competence is assessed, and what challe...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:48 -
Introduction of ultrasound-based living anatomy into the medical curriculum: a survey on medical students’ perceptions
Traditional anatomy teaching methods are based on the models and cadaveric dissections, providing fixed views of the anatomical structures. However, in the last few years, the emerging concept of ultrasound-ba...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:47 -
Point-of-care ultrasound in cardiorespiratory arrest (POCUS-CA): narrative review article
The POCUS-CA (Point-of-care ultrasound in cardiac arrest) is a diagnostic tool in the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department setting. The literature indicates that in the patient in a cardiorespiratory a...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:46 -
Ultrasound at the patient’s bedside for the diagnosis and prognostication of a renal colic
Diagnosing a ureteral colic is sometimes difficult; however, clinicians should not fail to detect a surgical emergency. This is why diagnostic strategies depend on the imaging examinations, especially ultrasou...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:45 -
Language of transducer manipulation 2.0: continuing to codify terms for effective teaching
Accurate communication is an integral component of ultrasound education. In light of the recent global pandemic, this has become even more crucial as many have moved to virtual education out of necessity. Seve...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:44 -
Improving hospital-based point-of-care ultrasound cleaning practices using targeted interventions: a pre–post study
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) devices are becoming more widely used in healthcare and have the potential to act as fomites. The objective of this project was to study the thoroughness of cleaning of POCUS m...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:43 -
The ultrasound competency assessment tool for four-view cardiac POCUS
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been recognized as an essential skill across medicine. However, a lack of reliable and streamlined POCUS assessment tools with demonstrated validity remains a significant b...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:42 -
First diagnosis of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C): an analysis of PoCUS findings in the ED
Children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) tend to develop a clinical condition of fluid overload due both to contractile cardiac pump deficit and to endotheliitis with subsequent capillary leak s...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:41 -
Comparing accuracy of bedside ultrasound examination with physical examination for detection of pleural effusion
In detecting pleural effusion, bedside ultrasound (US) has been shown to be more accurate than auscultation. However, US has not been previously compared to the comprehensive physical examination. This study s...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:40 -
Comparison of in-person versus tele-ultrasound point-of-care ultrasound training during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lack of training is currently the most common barrier to implementation of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use in clinical practice, and in-person POCUS continuing medical education (CME) courses have been pa...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:39 -
Results from a Spanish national survey on the application of ultrasound in pulmonology services
This was an observational, cross-sectional, and multicentre study carried out from October to December 2020, through a survey sent to Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery members in public hospi...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:38 -
Reliability of ultrasound versus digital vaginal examination in detecting cervical dilatation during labor: a diagnostic test accuracy systematic review
This systematic review aimed to investigate the reliability of ultrasound method compared with digital vaginal examinations in detecting cervical dilation.
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:37 -
Success rate to complete optimal 20 + 2 ISUOG planes for foetal ultrasonographic structural screening during early second trimester pregnancy in Thailand
To compare the success rates of obtaining optimal 20 + 2 (2 overview + 20 planes) International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISUOG) planes for foetal ultrasound structural screening bet...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:36 -
Mean value of B-mode optic nerve sheath diameter as an indicator of increased intracranial pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Timely diagnosis and treatment of increased intracranial pressure can decrease morbidity and prevent mortality. The present meta-analysis aims to determine the mean value of the ONSD measured in patients with ...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:35 -
Lung ultrasound training and evaluation for proficiency among physicians in a low-resource setting
Lung ultrasound (LUS) is helpful for the evaluation of patients with dyspnea in the emergency department (ED). However, it remains unclear how much training and how many LUS examinations are needed for ED phys...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:34 -
B-line quantification: comparing learners novice to lung ultrasound assisted by machine artificial intelligence technology to expert review
The goal of this study was to assess the ability of machine artificial intelligence (AI) to quantitatively assess lung ultrasound (LUS) B-line presence using images obtained by learners novice to LUS in patien...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:33 -
Clinical applications of the venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) score: conceptual review and case series
The importance of functional right ventricular failure and resultant splanchnic venous congestion has long been under-appreciated and is difficult to assess by traditional physical examination and standard dia...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:32 -
Correction to: A point-of-care thoracic ultrasound protocol for hospital medical emergency teams (METUS) improves diagnostic accuracy
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:31 -
Association between preoperative evaluation with lung ultrasound and outcome in frail elderly patients undergoing orthopedic surgery for hip fractures: study protocol for an Italian multicenter observational prospective study (LUSHIP)
Hip fracture is one of the most common orthopedic causes of hospital admission in frail elderly patients. Hip fracture fixation in this class of patients is considered a high-risk procedure. Preoperative physi...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:30 -
A point-of-care thoracic ultrasound protocol for hospital medical emergency teams (METUS) improves diagnostic accuracy
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has proven itself in many clinical situations. Few data on the use of POCUS during Medical Emergency Team (MET) calls exist. In this study, we hypothesized that the use of POCU...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:29 -
A retrospective evaluation of point of care ultrasound for acute cholecystitis in a tertiary academic hospital setting
In 2008 the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors delineated consensus recommendations for training in biliary ultrasound for the “detection of biliary pathology”.
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:28 -
Longitudinal remotely mentored self-performed lung ultrasound surveillance of paucisymptomatic Covid-19 patients at risk of disease progression
COVID-19 has impacted human life globally and threatens to overwhelm health-care resources. Infection rates are rapidly rising almost everywhere, and new approaches are required to both prevent transmission, b...
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Cost-minimization modeling of venous thromboembolism diagnostics: performing limited compression ultrasound in primary health care reduces costs compared to referring patients to a hospital
The aim of this retrospective study was to determine whether diagnosing a deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in primary health care using limited compression ultrasound (LCUS) can save resources compared to referrin...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:26 -
Sonographic assessment of pediatric chest wall thickness and width of the intercostal space: correlation with anthropometric data and implications for needle decompression
Emergent needle decompression in children is a rare event for emergency medicine and critical care providers. Hereby, risk of injury of intrathoracic structures is high and knowledge of age-specific values of ...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:25 -
High-frequency ultrasound in clinical dermatology: a review
Ultrasound was first introduced in clinical dermatology in 1979. Since that time, ultrasound technology has continued to develop along with its popularity and utility.
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:24 -
Scoping review of implementing a longitudinal curriculum in undergraduate medical education: The wake forest experience
Hands-on ultrasound experience has become a desirable component for undergraduate medical education (UGME) curricula throughout medical schools in the United States (US) to enhance readiness for future trainin...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:23 -
Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of post-CABG loculated pericardial clot causing cardiac tamponade
Pericardial effusion is a known complication of post-open cardiac surgery which can progress to life-threatening cardiac tamponade. Classical signs of tamponade such as hypotension and pulsus paradoxus are oft...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:22 -
Intra- and inter-rater reliability of rectus femoris muscle thickness measured using ultrasonography in healthy individuals
Ultrasonography (US) is a feasible and accessible method for the measurement of skeletal muscle mass. This technique presents acceptable intra-rater reliability; however, there are a few reports on its inter-r...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:21 -
A survey demonstrating that the procedural experience of residents in internal medicine, critical care and emergency medicine is poor: training in ultrasound is required to rectify this
Training in procedural skills is often suboptimal. The aim of this study was to quantify the needs of residents in internal medicine (IM), critical care (CC), and emergency medicine (EM) for instruction in ult...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:20 -
One-month outcomes of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and their relationships with lung ultrasound signs
The role of lung ultrasound (LUS) in evaluating the mid- and long-term prognoses of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia is not yet known. The objectives of this study were to evaluate associations between LUS sig...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:19 -
Analysis of an obstetrics point-of-care ultrasound training program for healthcare practitioners in Zanzibar, Tanzania
A point-of-care ultrasound education program in obstetrics was developed to train antenatal healthcare practitioners in rural Zanzibar. The study group consisted of 13 practitioners with different training bac...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:18 -
Carotid intima–media thickness and cardiovascular risk factors in healthy volunteers
Assessment of cardiovascular risk by scores lacks sensitivity and leaves the majority of future cardiovascular patients unidentified particularly individuals at low cardiovascular risk. The present analysis in...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:17 -
A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of ultrasound in emergency care settings
The use of ultrasound (US) in emergency departments (ED) has become widespread. This includes both traditional US scans performed by radiology departments as well as point-of-care US (POCUS) performed by bedsi...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:16 -
Correction to: Patients in intensive care unit for COVID-19 pneumonia: the lung ultrasound patterns at admission and discharge. An observational pilot study
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:15 -
Are seminal vesicles a potential pitfall during pelvic exploration using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)?
Trauma is a major cause of death among the working population. Many countries have now adopted a structured approach to trauma management in which ultrasound is used as a primary evaluation tool. While its use...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:14 -
Diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound for SARS-CoV-2: a retrospective cohort study
As medical infrastructures are strained by SARS-CoV-2, rapid and accurate screening tools are essential. In portions of the world, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing remains slow ...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:12 -
The reproducibility of measuring maximum abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter from ultrasound images
Accurate repeat assessment of the diameter of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is important. This study investigated the reproducibility of different methods of measuring AAA diameter from ultrasound images.
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:13 -
Descriptive analysis of a comparison between lung ultrasound and chest radiography in patients suspected of COVID-19
Lung ultrasound (LUS) and chest radiography (CXR) are the most used chest imaging tools in the early diagnosis of COVID-19 associated pneumonia. However, the relationship between LUS and CXR is not clearly def...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:11 -
Patients in intensive care unit for COVID-19 pneumonia: the lung ultrasound patterns at admission and discharge. An observational pilot study
During COVID-19 pandemic, optimization of the diagnostic resources is essential. Lung Ultrasound (LUS) is a rapid, easy-to-perform, low cost tool which allows bedside investigation of patients with COVID-19 pn...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:10 -
Development and implementation of a point of care ultrasound curriculum at a multi-site institution
In 2014, over 60% of medical schools were incorporating point of care ultrasound (POCUS) into their curriculum. Today, over 6 years later, many more schools are teaching POCUS or are in the planning stages of ...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:9 -
Applications of intraoperative Duplex ultrasound in vascular surgery: a systematic review
This review aims to summarise the contemporary uses of intraoperative completion Duplex ultrasound (IODUS) for the assessment of lower extremity bypass surgery (LEB) and carotid artery endarterectomy (CEA).
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:8 -
The effect of pelvic pathology on uterine vein diameters
Transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) is a sensitive tool for detecting various conditions that contribute to pelvic pain. TVS can be also used to assess blood flow and measure the size of pelvic veins. Pelvic venous ...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:7 -
Innovations with tele-ultrasound in education sonography: the use of tele-ultrasound to train novice scanners
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become increasingly integrated into medical education given the growing role of evaluative and procedural techniques in practice today. Tele-ultrasound is a new and promisi...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:6 -
Bedside lung ultrasonography by emergency department residents as an aid for identifying heart failure in patients with acute dyspnea after a 2-h training course
Ultrasonographic B-lines have recently emerged as a bedside imaging tool for the differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea in the Emergency Department (ED). However, despite its simplicity, LUS has not fully pen...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:5 -
The role of ultrasound imaging in vascular compression syndromes
Vascular compression syndromes are rare alterations that have in common the compression of an arterial and/or venous vessel by contiguous structures and can be congenital or acquired. The best known are the Th...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:4 -
Renal resistive index is associated with acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients treated in the intensive care unit
Renal resistive index (RRI) is a promising tool for the assessment of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients in general, but its role and association to AKI among patients with Coronavirus diseas...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:3 -
The role of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of pericardial effusion: a single academic center retrospective study
Symptomatic pericardial effusion (PCE) presents with non-specific features and are often missed on the initial physical exam, chest X-ray (CXR), and electrocardiogram (ECG). In extreme cases, misdiagnosis can ...
Citation: The Ultrasound Journal 2021 13:2
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