Critical Ultrasound Journal (Open Access)
- 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)Posted by Luigi Vetrugno, Enrico Boero, Elena Bignami, Andrea Cortegiani, Santi Maurizio Raineri, Savino Spadaro, Federico Moro, Stefano D’Incà, Loris D’Orlando, Felice Eugenio Agrò, Mattia Bernardinetti, Francesco Forfori, Francesco Corradi, Sandro Pregnolato, Mario Mosconi, Valentina Bellini… on June 7, 2021 at 12:00 am
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... […]
- A point-of-care thoracic ultrasound protocol for hospital medical emergency teams (METUS) improves diagnostic accuracyPosted by Blans M.J, Bousie E, Hoeven van der J.G and Bosch F.H on June 4, 2021 at 12:00 am
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... […]
- A retrospective evaluation of point of care ultrasound for acute cholecystitis in a tertiary academic hospital settingPosted by David P. Evans, Jordan Tozer, Lindsay Taylor, Michael J. Vitto and Michael Joyce on June 3, 2021 at 12:00 am
In 2008 the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors delineated consensus recommendations for training in biliary ultrasound for the “detection of biliary pathology”. […]
- Longitudinal remotely mentored self-performed lung ultrasound surveillance of paucisymptomatic Covid-19 patients at risk of disease progressionPosted by Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Jessica L. McKee and John M. Conly on May 30, 2021 at 12:00 am
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... […]
- Cost-minimization modeling of venous thromboembolism diagnostics: performing limited compression ultrasound in primary health care reduces costs compared to referring patients to a hospitalPosted by Ossi Hannula, Anssi Mustonen, Suvi Rautiainen, Ritva Vanninen and Harri Hyppölä on May 27, 2021 at 12:00 am
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... […]