2021
Agreement With Pediatric Suprapatellar Bursa Effusion Assessments by Point-of-Care Ultrasound After Remote Training
Riera A, Leviter JI, Iqbal A, Soma G, Malik RN, Chen L. Agreement With Pediatric Suprapatellar Bursa Effusion Assessments by Point-of-Care Ultrasound After Remote Training. Pediatric Emergency Care 2021, 38: e746-e751. PMID: 34542989, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000002341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChildEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHumansPediatric Emergency MedicinePoint-of-Care SystemsPoint-of-Care TestingReproducibility of ResultsUltrasonographyConceptsReceiver operator characteristic curveKnee radiographyPediatric emergency medicine (PEM) fellowsOperator characteristic curveNovice sonologistsInterobserver reliabilityEffusion assessmentCare ultrasoundPredictive valuePediatric emergency departmentCharacteristic curveNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valuePediatric emergency medicineSubstantial interobserver reliabilityPediatric patientsEffusion sizeEmergency departmentMean ageAsymptomatic kneesMAIN OUTCOMEEffusionΚ coefficientPatientsTest characteristics
2018
“Full Stomach” Despite the Wait: Point‐of‐care Gastric Ultrasound at the Time of Procedural Sedation in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Leviter J, Steele DW, Constantine E, Linakis JG, Amanullah S. “Full Stomach” Despite the Wait: Point‐of‐care Gastric Ultrasound at the Time of Procedural Sedation in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 26: 752-760. PMID: 30372569, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight lateral decubitusProcedural sedationGastric contentsFull stomachGastric antrumAntral cross-sectional areaPediatric emergency departmentCross-sectional areaCare gastric ultrasoundRisk-benefit considerationsLiquid gastric contentsGastric pointsSingle sonographerGastric volumeMedication choiceProspective studyEmergency departmentGastric ultrasoundEvaluable imagesRisk groupsLateral decubitusCare ultrasoundLower oddsSedationStomach