Ultrasound

• Resident Journal Review: Bedside Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Pneumonia

  Authors: Ted Segarra, MD; Taylor Conrad, MD; Rithvik Balakrishnan, MD; Taylor M. Douglas, MDEditors: Kami Hu, MD FAAEM and Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEMOriginally published: Common Sense March/April 2019 Respiratory distress is a common presentation in both the pediatric and adult emergency department (ED). Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause for this distress, and […]
• Rapid Estimation of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction with Ultrasound

  Image Credit: Wikimedia   This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more.   Author: Bill Christian, MS-4 Ross University School of MedicineAAEM/RSA Publications and Social Media Committee Rapid assessment of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) may be critical for the emergency physician. Imagine a patient comes into your emergency department (ED) with acute dyspnea. […]
• Carotid Doppler Ultrasound and Passive Leg Raise to Predict Fluid Responsiveness

  Image Credit: Wikimedia   This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Jake Toy, DO PGY1 Emergency Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center Modern Resident Blog Editor-in-Chief Background The management of intravascular volume in critically ill patients is a challenge we face daily in the emergency department (ED). Since the beginning of our training, hypotension […]
• Applications, Barriers, and Future of Point of Care Ultrasound in Limited Resource Communities

  Image Source: Wikimedia This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Janette Magallanes, MS4 Medical Student Indiana University School of Medicine The most common use of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) in the emergency department (ED) is in evaluating trauma patients by assessing for pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, and intra-abdominal hemorrhage. The advantage in such acute settings […]
• Point-of-Care Ultrasound

  Image Credit: Flickr Author: Aaron C. Tyagi, MDVice-Chair, RSA Social Media Committee Originally Published: Common Sense March/April 2017 It is the start of your shift. You are just starting to get settled in after taking sign-out, when one of the nurses comes over and says he needs a physician in room 22 immediately! You enter […]
• Ocular Ultrasound: Unavoidably Essential

  Author: Peter Malamet OMS- IVPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine This post was peer reviewed. Click to learn more. Recently, I heard a quote that has summarized a large part of the emergency medicine practice I have experienced thus far. My attending said, “In a few years, ultrasound will be the new stethoscope.” What he was […]

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