2016
Cost‐effectiveness of the Cardiac Component of the Focused Assessment of Sonography in Trauma Examination in Blunt Trauma
Hall MK, Omer T, Moore CL, Taylor RA. Cost‐effectiveness of the Cardiac Component of the Focused Assessment of Sonography in Trauma Examination in Blunt Trauma. Academic Emergency Medicine 2016, 23: 415-423. PMID: 26857839, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedBlood PressureCost-Benefit AnalysisDecision Support TechniquesFemaleHeart InjuriesHumansHypotensionLife ExpectancyMedicareMiddle AgedModels, EconometricPoint-of-Care SystemsQuality-Adjusted Life YearsReproducibility of ResultsUltrasonographyUnited StatesWounds, NonpenetratingConceptsNormotensive blunt trauma patientsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioBlunt trauma patientsTrauma patientsBlunt traumaNormotensive patientsHypotensive patientsFocused assessmentBlunt cardiac injuryIncidental pericardial effusionCardiac componentCost-effectiveness ratioDecision analytic modelProbability of deathPericardial effusionPrompt treatmentClinical probabilityCardiac injurySurgical interventionTrauma (FAST) examFAST examLow prevalencePatientsTrauma (FAST) examinationPay thresholds
2002
Determination of Left Ventricular Function by Emergency Physician Echocardiography of Hypotensive Patients
Moore CL, Rose GA, Tayal VS, Sullivan DM, Arrowood JA, Kline JA. Determination of Left Ventricular Function by Emergency Physician Echocardiography of Hypotensive Patients. Academic Emergency Medicine 2002, 9: 186-193. DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.3.186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEjection fractionEmergency physiciansPrimary cardiologistHypotensive patientsVentricular functionHypotensive emergency department patientsUrban teaching EDEmergency department patientsLeft ventricular functionVisits/yearAcute myocardial infarctionHistory of traumaGoal-directed trainingCardiac causesSymptomatic hypotensionAdult patientsTransthoracic echocardiogramDepartment patientsMyocardial infarctionObservational studyExclusion criteriaChest compressionsPrior ultrasound experiencePatientsEchocardiographic qualityDetermination of left ventricular function by emergency physician echocardiography of hypotensive patients.
Moore C, Rose G, Tayal V, Sullivan D, Arrowood J, Kline J. Determination of left ventricular function by emergency physician echocardiography of hypotensive patients. Academic Emergency Medicine 2002, 9: 186-93. PMID: 11874773, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2002.tb00242.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEjection fractionEmergency physiciansPrimary cardiologistHypotensive patientsVentricular functionHypotensive emergency department patientsUrban teaching EDEmergency department patientsVisits/yearAcute myocardial infarctionHistory of traumaGoal-directed trainingCardiac causesSymptomatic hypotensionAdult patientsTransthoracic echocardiogramDepartment patientsMyocardial infarctionObservational studyExclusion criteriaChest compressionsPrior ultrasound experiencePatientsEchocardiographic qualityCardiologists