Critical Ultrasound Journal (Open Access)
- Offshore telementored ultrasound: a quality assessment studyPosted by Victoria Vatsvåg, Kjetil Todnem, Torvind Næsheim, John Cathcart, Daniel Kerr and Nils Petter Oveland on July 2, 2020 at 12:00 am
Telementored ultrasound (US) connects experts to novices through various types of communication and network technologies with the overall aim to bridge the medical imaging gap between patients’ diagnostic need... […]
- Stab wound of the superficial femoral artery early diagnosed by point-of-care Doppler ultrasoundPosted by Pablo Blanco and María Fernanda Menéndez on June 16, 2020 at 12:00 am
Traumatic vascular injury of the limbs has the potential to cause substantial patient morbidity and mortality, and therefore, early recognition and treatment are crucial to improve outcomes. While patients wit... […]
- Point-of-care ultrasound for the detection of hydronephrosis in emergency department patients with suspected renal colicPosted by Stephanie Sibley, Nathan Roth, Charles Scott, Louise Rang, Heather White, Marco L. A. Sivilotti and Eric Bruder on June 8, 2020 at 12:00 am
Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) by emergency physicians for renal colic has been proposed as an alternative to computed tomography (CT) to avoid ionizing radiation exposure and shorten emergency department le... […]
- Role of point-of-care ultrasound during the COVID-19 pandemic: our recommendations in the management of dialytic patientsPosted by Ana Luisa Silveira Vieira, José Muniz Pazeli Júnior and Marcus Gomes Bastos on June 3, 2020 at 12:00 am
COVID-19 is a viral disease due to the infection of the novel Corona virus SARS-CoV-2, that has rapidly spread in many countries until the World Health Organization declared the pandemic from March 11, 2020. E... […]
- Point-of-care ultrasound to complete physical exam and to reach the diagnosis in a young man with syncopePosted by Fatemeh Rasooli, Mehrnoosh Aligholi Zahraie and Maryam Bahreini on May 25, 2020 at 12:00 am
Cardiac syncope can result from an atrial myxoma due to outflow obstruction. Myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor that may cause sudden death and the nonspecific symptoms may make early diagnosis di... […]