2022
A consensus list of ultrasound competencies for graduating emergency medicine residents
Haidar D, Peterson W, Minges P, Carnell J, Nomura J, Bailitz J, Boyd J, Leo M, Liu E, Duanmu Y, Acuña J, Kessler R, Elegante M, Nelson M, Liu R, Lewiss R, Nagdev A, Huang R. A consensus list of ultrasound competencies for graduating emergency medicine residents. AEM Education And Training 2022, 6: e10817. PMID: 36425790, PMCID: PMC9677397, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10817.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEFSUMB Clinical Practice Guidelines for Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Part One (Common Heart and Pulmonary Applications) LONG VERSION.
Jarman RD, McDermott C, Colclough A, Bøtker M, Knudsen L, Harris T, Albaroudi B, Albaroudi O, Haddad M, Darke R, Berry E, Breslin T, Fitzpatrick G, Flanagan L, Olusanya O, Craver D, Omar A, Simpson T, Cherian N, Dore M, Prosen G, Kay S, Villén-Villegas T, Gargani L, Carley S, Woo M, Dupriez F, Hussain A, Via G, Connolly JA, Peck M, Melniker L, Walden A, Attard Biancardi MA, Żmijewska-Kaczor O, Lalande E, Geukens P, McLaughlin R, Olszynski P, Hoffmann B, Chin E, Muhr C, Kim DJ, Mercieca A, Shukla D, Hayward S, Smith M, Gaspari R, Smallwood N, Pes P, Tavazzi G, Corradi F, Lambert M, Morris C, Trauer M, Baker K, Bystrzycki A, Goudie A, Liu R, Rudd L, Dietrich CF, Jenssen C, Sidhu PS. EFSUMB Clinical Practice Guidelines for Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Part One (Common Heart and Pulmonary Applications) LONG VERSION. Ultraschall In Der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany : 1980) 2022 PMID: 36228631, DOI: 10.1055/a-1882-5615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEFSUMB Clinical Practice Guidelines for Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Part One (Common Heart and Pulmonary Applications) SHORT VERSION.
Jarman RD, Colclough A, McDermott C, Bøtker M, Knudsen L, Harris T, Albaroudi B, Albaroudi O, Haddad M, Darke R, Berry E, Breslin T, Fitzpatrick G, Flanagan L, Olusanya O, Craver D, Omar A, Simpson T, Cherian N, Dore M, Prosen G, Kay S, Villén-Villegas T, Gargani L, Carley S, Woo M, Dupriez F, Hussain A, Via G, Connolly JA, Peck M, Melniker L, Walden A, Attard Biancardi MA, Żmijewska-Kaczor O, Lalande E, Geukens P, McLaughlin R, Olszynski P, Hoffmann B, Chin E, Muhr C, Kim DJ, Mercieca A, Shukla D, Hayward S, Smith M, Gaspari R, Smallwood N, Pes P, Tavazzi G, Corradi F, Lambert M, Morris C, Trauer M, Baker K, Bystrzycki A, Goudie A, Liu R, Rudd L, Dietrich CF, Jenssen C, Sidhu PS. EFSUMB Clinical Practice Guidelines for Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Part One (Common Heart and Pulmonary Applications) SHORT VERSION. Ultraschall In Der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany : 1980) 2022 PMID: 36228630, DOI: 10.1055/a-1882-6116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency department initiated resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest is feasible and associated with improvements in end‐tidal carbon dioxide
Daley J, Buckley R, Kisken KC, Barber D, Ayyagari R, Wira C, Aydin A, Latich I, Lozada JCP, Joseph D, Marino A, Mojibian H, Pollak J, Chaar CO, Bonz J, Belsky J, Coughlin R, Liu R, Sather J, Van Tonder R, Beekman R, Fults E, Johnson A, Moore C. Emergency department initiated resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest is feasible and associated with improvements in end‐tidal carbon dioxide. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2022, 3: e12791. PMID: 36176506, PMCID: PMC9463569, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced cardiac life supportResuscitative endovascular balloon occlusionEnd-tidal carbon dioxideHospital cardiac arrestEndovascular balloon occlusionAortic occlusionCardiac life supportOHCA patientsBalloon occlusionCardiac arrestEmergency departmentLife supportAcademic urban EDEarly feasibility trialUrban ED settingIntra-aortic balloonTidal carbon dioxideReperfusion strategyHospital admissionSpontaneous circulationUrban EDED settingFeasibility trialBalloon deflationChest compressionsDefinitive Advantages of Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Case Series
Lanspa MJ, Fox SW, Sohn J, Dugar S, Klick JC, Diaz-Gomez J, Liu R, Panebianco N. Definitive Advantages of Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Case Series. Case 2022, 6: 293-298. PMID: 36036052, PMCID: PMC9399626, DOI: 10.1016/j.case.2022.05.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternational consensus conference recommendations on ultrasound education for undergraduate medical students
Hoppmann RA, Mladenovic J, Melniker L, Badea R, Blaivas M, Montorfano M, Abuhamad A, Noble V, Hussain A, Prosen G, Villen T, Via G, Nogue R, Goodmurphy C, Bastos M, Nace GS, Volpicelli G, Wakefield RJ, Wilson S, Bhagra A, Kim J, Bahner D, Fox C, Riley R, Steinmetz P, Nelson BP, Pellerito J, Nazarian LN, Wilson LB, Ma IWY, Amponsah D, Barron KR, Dversdal RK, Wagner M, Dean AJ, Tierney D, Tsung JW, Nocera P, Pazeli J, Liu R, Price S, Neri L, Piccirillo B, Osman A, Lee V, Naqvi N, Petrovic T, Bornemann P, Valois M, Lanctot JF, Haddad R, Govil D, Hurtado LA, Dinh VA, DePhilip RM, Hoffmann B, Lewiss RE, Parange NA, Nishisaki A, Doniger SJ, Dallas P, Bergman K, Barahona JO, Wortsman X, Smith RS, Sisson CA, Palma J, Mallin M, Ahmed L, Mustafa H. International consensus conference recommendations on ultrasound education for undergraduate medical students. The Ultrasound Journal 2022, 14: 31. PMID: 35895165, PMCID: PMC9329507, DOI: 10.1186/s13089-022-00279-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUndergraduate medical studentsUltrasound educationUltrasound curriculumMedical studentsMedical school curriculumMedical student levelUndergraduate learningCurricular characteristicsCurricular scopeSchool curriculumCurricular contentCurricular integrationCurricular domainsStudent levelEducational valueMedical educationCurriculumStudentsAdvanced trainingEducationDiscussion sessionsClinical scienceCollaborative researchPatient careOngoing collaborative researchEffect of Point-of-Care Ultrasound on Clinical Outcomes in Low-Resource Settings: A Systematic Review
Baloescu C, Parhar A, Liu R, Wanjiku GW. Effect of Point-of-Care Ultrasound on Clinical Outcomes in Low-Resource Settings: A Systematic Review. Ultrasound In Medicine & Biology 2022, 48: 1711-1719. PMID: 35786524, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.04.221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResource-limited settingsLow-resource settingsCare ultrasoundPre-specified primary outcomesEffects of POCUSFree-text termsPrimary outcomeClinical outcomesMedical Subject HeadingsPatient outcomesDifferential diagnosisPatient managementObservational studyMethodological qualityClinical utilityHigh riskElectronic databasesSystematic reviewPatient careFinal reviewPatient diagnosisPOCUSDiagnosisValuable interventionText termsImplementation of an Electronic Health Record Integrated Clinical Pathway Improves Adherence to COVID-19 Hospital Care Guidelines
Sangal RB, Liu RB, Cole KO, Rothenberg C, Ulrich A, Rhodes D, Venkatesh AK. Implementation of an Electronic Health Record Integrated Clinical Pathway Improves Adherence to COVID-19 Hospital Care Guidelines. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2022, 37: 335-341. PMID: 35026785, PMCID: PMC9241559, DOI: 10.1097/jmq.0000000000000036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical pathwaySecondary outcomesCOVID-19 treatment guidelinesEmergency department cliniciansIntegrated clinical pathwayCOVID-19Electronic health recordsPrimary outcomeTreatment guidelinesClinician adherenceED cliniciansED patientsCare guidelinesTreatment recommendationsMedication administrationPatient outcomesPatient carePatientsCliniciansHealth systemHealth recordsOutcomesAdherenceAspirinCOVID-19 pandemicUltrasound is superior to supine chest x-ray for the diagnosis of clinically relevant traumatic pneumothorax
Kim DJ, Theyyunni N, Liu RB. Ultrasound is superior to supine chest x-ray for the diagnosis of clinically relevant traumatic pneumothorax. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2022, 93: e43-e44. PMID: 35293371, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000003575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCreating a more racial-ethnic inclusive clinical ultrasound community
Rosario J, Lewiss RE, Stolz LA, Del Rios M, Acuña J, Adhikari S, Amponsah D, Dessie AS, Gottlieb M, Huang RD, Jones J, Landry A, Liu RB, Ng L, Panebianco NL, Weekes AJ, Knight S. Creating a more racial-ethnic inclusive clinical ultrasound community. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2022, 54: 208-211. PMID: 35176660, PMCID: PMC8824357, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.02.015.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
A Distance-Learning Approach to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training (ADAPT): A Multi-Institutional Educational Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Nix K, Liu EL, Oh L, Duanmu Y, Fong T, Ashenburg N, Liu RB. A Distance-Learning Approach to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training (ADAPT): A Multi-Institutional Educational Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2021, 96: 1711-1716. PMID: 34524135, PMCID: PMC8603429, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade After Blunt Thoracic Trauma: A Case Series and the Essential Role of Cardiac Ultrasound.
Offenbacher J, Liu R, Venitelli Z, Martin D, Fogel K, Nguyen V, Kim PK. Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade After Blunt Thoracic Trauma: A Case Series and the Essential Role of Cardiac Ultrasound. The Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 61: e40-e45. PMID: 34215473, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe state of gender inclusion in the point-of-care ultrasound community
Dessie AS, Lewiss RE, Stolz LA, Acuña J, Adhikari S, Amponsah D, Del Rios M, Huang RD, Knight RS, Landry A, Liu RB, Gottlieb M, Ng L, Panebianco NL, Rosario J, Weekes AJ, Jones JD. The state of gender inclusion in the point-of-care ultrasound community. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 56: 283-285. PMID: 34334282, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.07.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical Covid-19 Lung Imaging
Liu R, Vryhof D. Clinical Covid-19 Lung Imaging. 2021, 41-50. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66614-9_4.ChaptersLung ultrasoundFuture respiratory pandemicsCOVID-19 patientsInfection control measuresUseful imaging toolLung findingsRisk stratificationInfection diagnosisRespiratory pandemicPatient careLung imagingFuture outbreaksImaging modalitiesUltrasoundCOVID-19PatientsCOVID-19 pandemicImaging toolControl measuresImpact of ultrasoundLarge-scale researchPandemicDiseaseDiagnosisTriageDefining an Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia Curriculum for Emergency Medicine.
Tucker RV, Peterson WJ, Mink JT, Taylor LA, Leech SJ, Nagdev AD, Leo M, Liu R, Stolz LA, Kessler R, Boulger CT, Situ-LaCasse EH, Avila JO, Huang R. Defining an Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia Curriculum for Emergency Medicine. AEM Education And Training 2021, 5: e10557. PMID: 34124505, PMCID: PMC8171792, DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeep Learning-Based Automated Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A Point-of-Care Solution.
Asch FM, Mor-Avi V, Rubenson D, Goldstein S, Saric M, Mikati I, Surette S, Chaudhry A, Poilvert N, Hong H, Horowitz R, Park D, Diaz-Gomez JL, Boesch B, Nikravan S, Liu RB, Philips C, Thomas JD, Martin RP, Lang RM. Deep Learning-Based Automated Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A Point-of-Care Solution. Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging 2021, 14: e012293. PMID: 34126754, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.012293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParamedic-performed Prehospital Point-of-care Ultrasound for Patients with Undifferentiated Dyspnea: A Pilot Study
Schoeneck JH, Coughlin RF, Baloescu C, Cone DC, Liu RB, Kalam S, Medoro AK, Medoro I, Joseph D, Burns K, Bohrer-Clancy JI, Moore CL. Paramedic-performed Prehospital Point-of-care Ultrasound for Patients with Undifferentiated Dyspnea: A Pilot Study. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 22: 750-755. PMID: 34125056, PMCID: PMC8203026, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2020.12.49254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOn Recommending Specific Lung Ultrasound Protocols in the Assessment of Medical Inpatients with Known or Suspected Coronavirus Disease‐19 Reply
Y. I, Noble VE, Mints G, Wong T, Tonelli AC, Hussain A, Liu RB, Hergott CA, Dumoulin E, Chee A, Miller DJ, Walker B, Buchanan B, Wagner M, Arishenkoff S, Liteplo AS. On Recommending Specific Lung Ultrasound Protocols in the Assessment of Medical Inpatients with Known or Suspected Coronavirus Disease‐19 Reply. Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2021, 40: 2785-2786. PMID: 33555607, PMCID: PMC8013807, DOI: 10.1002/jum.15650.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus
Hussain A, Via G, Melniker L, Goffi A, Tavazzi G, Neri L, Villen T, Hoppmann R, Mojoli F, Noble V, Zieleskiewicz L, Blanco P, Ma IWY, Wahab MA, Alsaawi A, Al Salamah M, Balik M, Barca D, Bendjelid K, Bouhemad B, Bravo-Figueroa P, Breitkreutz R, Calderon J, Connolly J, Copetti R, Corradi F, Dean AJ, Denault A, Govil D, Graci C, Ha YR, Hurtado L, Kameda T, Lanspa M, Laursen CB, Lee F, Liu R, Meineri M, Montorfano M, Nazerian P, Nelson BP, Neskovic AN, Nogue R, Osman A, Pazeli J, Pereira-Junior E, Petrovic T, Pivetta E, Poelaert J, Price S, Prosen G, Rodriguez S, Rola P, Royse C, Chen YT, Wells M, Wong A, Xiaoting W, Zhen W, Arabi Y. Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus. Critical Care 2020, 24: 702. PMID: 33357240, PMCID: PMC7759024, DOI: 10.1186/s13054-020-03369-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-organ pointCOVID-19 patientsLung ultrasoundCare ultrasoundExpert consensusCOVID-19Quality of evidenceEvidence-based consensusInternational expert consensusGRADE methodologyMedical managementClinical adjunctCardiac ultrasoundClinical situationsUse of ultrasoundDelphi processExpert panelImaging modalitiesUltrasoundPatientsInsufficient dataPast yearPOCUSConsensusAdjunctCanadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Lung Ultrasound for the Assessment of Medical Inpatients With Known or Suspected Coronavirus Disease 2019
Y. I, Hussain A, Wagner M, Walker B, Chee A, Arishenkoff S, Buchanan B, Liu RB, Mints G, Wong T, Noble V, Tonelli AC, Dumoulin E, Miller DJ, Hergott CA, Liteplo AS. Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Lung Ultrasound for the Assessment of Medical Inpatients With Known or Suspected Coronavirus Disease 2019. Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2020, 40: 1879-1892. PMID: 33274782, PMCID: PMC8451849, DOI: 10.1002/jum.15571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of LUSLung ultrasoundCoronavirus disease 2019Medical inpatientsConsensus statementDisease 2019Diagnosis of pneumonitisMultidisciplinary international expertsSerial lung ultrasoundUnnecessary additional imagingGeneral medical inpatientsExpert consensus statementCOVID-19Fourth roundClinical statusAdditional imagingPretest probabilityUltrasound featuresClinical conditionsDischarge decisionsPatientsInpatientsExpert panelDiagnosisInternational experts