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  1. To evaluate the accuracy of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute calculous cholecystitis in comparison with other imaging modalities.

    Authors: Antonio Pinto, Alfonso Reginelli, Lucio Cagini, Francesco Coppolino, Antonio Amato Stabile Ianora, Renata Bracale, Melchiore Giganti and Luigia Romano
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5(Suppl 1):S11
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 5 Supplement 1

  2. Acute vascular emergencies can arise from direct traumatic injury to the vessel or be spontaneous (non-traumatic).

    Authors: Eugenio Annibale Genovese, Paolo Fonio, Chiara Floridi, Monica Macchi, Anna Maccaferri, Antonio Amato Stabile Ianora, Lucio Cagini and Gianpaolo Carrafiello
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5(Suppl 1):S10
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 5 Supplement 1

  3. In the assessment of polytrauma patient, an accurate diagnostic study protocol with high sensitivity and specificity is necessary. Computed Tomography (CT) is the standard reference in the emergency for evalua...

    Authors: Lucio Cagini, Sabrina Gravante, Corrado Maria Malaspina, Elviro Cesarano, Melchiorre Giganti, Alberto Rebonato, Paolo Fonio and Michele Scialpi
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5(Suppl 1):S9
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 5 Supplement 1

  4. The acute scrotum is a medical emergency . The acute scrotum is defined as scrotal pain, swelling, and redness of acute onset. Scrotal abnormalities can be divided into three groups , which are extra-testicula...

    Authors: Alfredo D’Andrea, Francesco Coppolino, Elviro Cesarano, Anna Russo, Salvatore Cappabianca, Eugenio Annibale Genovese, Paolo Fonio and Luca Macarini
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5(Suppl 1):S8
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 5 Supplement 1

  5. Intestinal ischemia is an abdominal emergency that accounts for approximately 2% of gastrointestinal illnesses. It represents a complex of diseases caused by impaired blood perfusion to the small and/or large ...

    Authors: A Reginelli, EA Genovese, S Cappabianca, F Iacobellis, D Berritto, P Fonio, F Coppolino and R Grassi
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5(Suppl 1):S7
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 5 Supplement 1

  6. Acute abdomen is a medical emergency, in which there is sudden and severe pain in abdomen of recent onset with accompanying signs and symptoms that focus on an abdominal involvement. It can represent a wide sp...

    Authors: Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Susanna Guerrini, Nevada Cioffi Squitieri, Lucio Cagini, Luca Macarini, Francesco Coppolino, Melchiore Giganti and Luca Volterrani
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5(Suppl 1):S6
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 5 Supplement 1

  7. Acute diverticulitis (AD) results from inflammation of a colonic diverticulum. It is the most common cause of acute left lower-quadrant pain in adults and represents a common reason for acute hospitalization, ...

    Authors: Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Nevada Cioffi Squitieri, Susanna Guerrini, Amato Antonio Stabile Ianora, Lucio Cagini, Luca Macarini, Melchiore Giganti and Luca Volterrani
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5(Suppl 1):S5
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 5 Supplement 1

  8. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the color Doppler twinkling sign could be considered as an additional diagnostic feature of small renal lithiasis (_5mm).

    Authors: Gianfranco Vallone, Giuseppina Napolitano, Paolo Fonio, Gabriele Antinolfi, Antonio Romeo, Luca Macarini, Eugenio Annibale Genovese and Luca Brunese
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5(Suppl 1):S3
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 5 Supplement 1

  10. In emergency settings, verification of endotracheal tube (ETT) location is important for critically ill patients. Ignorance of oesophageal intubation can be disastrous. Many methods are used for verification o...

    Authors: Osman Adi, Tan Wan Chuan and Manikam Rishya
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5:7
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  11. Physician-performed focused ultrasonography is a rapidly growing field with numerous clinical applications. Focused ultrasound is a clinically useful tool with relevant applications across most specialties. Ul...

    Authors: David P Bahner, Eric J Adkins, Daralee Hughes, Michael Barrie, Creagh T Boulger and Nelson A Royall
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5:6
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  12. Point-of-care ultrasound (POC-US) use is increasingly common as equipment costs decrease and availability increases. Despite the utility of POC-US in trained hands, there are many situations wherein patients c...

    Authors: Nancy Biegler, Paul B McBeth, Corina Tiruta, Douglas R Hamilton, Zhengwen Xiao, Innes Crawford, Martha Tevez-Molina, Nat Miletic, Chad G Ball, Linping Pian and Andrew W Kirkpatrick
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5:5
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  13. Current recommendations of stroke treatment favour a moderately elevated blood pressure in the acute phase, based on the concept of an improved cerebral perfusion. Here, cerebral blood flow was assessed in a c...

    Authors: Jonathan List, Jens E Röhl, Florian Doepp, José M Valdueza and Stephan J Schreiber
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5:4
    Content type: Short communication Published on:

  14. A 73-year-old man with a past medical history of myelodysplastic syndrome and recent chemotherapy presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of progressively increasing left thigh pain and swe...

    Authors: Aleksandr Tichter and David C Riley
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5:3
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  15. A 45-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of severe left shoulder pain made worse with movement. Emergency department (ED) bedside point-of-care static and dynamic ultrasou...

    Authors: David C Riley, Martha Kaufman, Theresa M Ward, Yesenia Acevedo, Rodney Guerra and Adenike Folorunsho
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5:2
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  16. Infective endocarditis is a challenging diagnosis that is rarely made in the emergency department. As the use of focused emergency ultrasound expands into more applications, including advanced echocardiography...

    Authors: Dina Seif, Andrew Meeks, Thomas Mailhot and Phillips Perera
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2013 5:1
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  47. Patient reported menstrual history, physician clinical evaluation, and ultrasonography are used to determine gestational age in the pregnant female. Previous studies have shown that pregnancy dating by last me...

    Authors: Turandot Saul, Resa E Lewiss and Marina Del Rios Rivera
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2012 4:22
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  48. Ultrasound can rapidly identify abnormal signs, which in high prevalence settings, are highly suggestive of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). Unfortunately experienced sonographers are often scarce in these...

    Authors: Tom Heller, Claudia Wallrauch, Sam Goblirsch and Enrico Brunetti
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2012 4:21
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  49. No single historical, physical, laboratory, or imaging finding is both sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Cervical motion tenderness (CMT), when present, is classica...

    Authors: Resa E Lewiss, Turandot Saul and Katja Goldflam
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2012 4:20
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  50. Ultrasound is being used increasingly to diagnose pathological free fluid accumulation at the bedside. In addition to the detection of peritoneal and pericardial fluid, point-of-care ultrasound allows rapid be...

    Authors: Paul Atkinson, James Milne, Osama Loubani and Glenn Verheul
    Citation: Critical Ultrasound Journal 2012 4:19
    Content type: Short communication Published on:
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