Critical Ultrasound Journal (Open Access)
- How POCUS picks up a rare mimickers of acute appendicitis in the emergency departmentPosted by Shihab Al Sheikh, Mariam Al Ali, Dhanya Sochel Kiran and Mohsen Al Tabatabai on January 15, 2020 at 12:00 am
Appendicitis is the most common surgical abdominal emergency. Punctual diagnosis and rapid operative treatment of acute appendicitis are critically important, as it reduces the risk of complications, associate... […]
- Feasibility of cardiac output measurements in critically ill patients by medical studentsPosted by Geert Koster, Thomas Kaufmann, Bart Hiemstra, Renske Wiersema, Madelon E. Vos, Devon Dijkhuizen, Adrian Wong, Thomas W. L. Scheeren, Yoran M. Hummel, Frederik Keus and Iwan C. C. van der Horst on January 8, 2020 at 12:00 am
Critical care ultrasonography (CCUS) is increasingly applied also in the intensive care unit (ICU) and performed by non-experts, including even medical students. There is limited data on the training efforts n... […]
- Bedside ultrasound in cardiac standstill: a clinical reviewPosted by Laila Hussein, Mohammad Anzal Rehman, Ruhina Sajid, Firas Annajjar and Tarik Al-Janabi on December 30, 2019 at 12:00 am
Patients with cardiac arrest present as a relatively frequent occurrence in the Emergency Department. Despite the advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of cardiac arrest, managing the condition ... […]
- Cardiac ultrasound in resource-limited settings (CURLS): towards a wider use of basic echo applications in AfricaPosted by Michaëla A. M. Huson, Dan Kaminstein, Daniel Kahn, Sabine Belard, Prakash Ganesh, Vanessa Kandoole-Kabwere, Claudia Wallrauch, Sam Phiri, Benno Kreuels and Tom Heller on December 27, 2019 at 12:00 am
Point-of-care ultrasound is increasingly being used as a diagnostic tool in resource-limited settings. The majority of existing ultrasound protocols have been developed and implemented in high-resource setting... […]
- Factors affecting perception of the normal pediatric appendix on sonographyPosted by Denise Castro, Joseph Yang, Prasan Patel, Eric Sauerbrei, Wilma Hopman, Mila Kolar and Don Soboleski on December 21, 2019 at 12:00 am
To determine if an inherent perception skill along with sonographer experience, knowledge base, scanning time play a role in the identification of the normal appendix in the pediatric population. This is a ret... […]