2023
Emergency Department Point‐of‐Care Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound in Predicting COVID‐19 Severity
Baloescu C, Weingart G, Moore C. Emergency Department Point‐of‐Care Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound in Predicting COVID‐19 Severity. Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 2023, 42: 1841-1850. PMID: 36840721, DOI: 10.1002/jum.16205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionPleural line abnormalitiesSevere COVID-19Emergency departmentSevere COVIDPOCUS findingsCOVID-19Decreased LVEFEmergency department pointHypoxemic respiratory failureRetrospective cohort studyAdult ED patientsRight ventricular dilationVentricular ejection fractionWeeks of presentationSevere clinical courseCOVID-19 severityLung POCUSRespiratory failureCohort studyCare echocardiographyClinical courseDisease courseEjection fractionHospital admission
2016
Ureteral Stones: Implementation of a Reduced-Dose CT Protocol in Patients in the Emergency Department with Moderate to High Likelihood of Calculi on the Basis of STONE Score.
Moore CL, Daniels B, Singh D, Luty S, Gunabushanam G, Ghita M, Molinaro A, Gross CP. Ureteral Stones: Implementation of a Reduced-Dose CT Protocol in Patients in the Emergency Department with Moderate to High Likelihood of Calculi on the Basis of STONE Score. Radiology 2016, 280: 743-51. PMID: 26943230, PMCID: PMC5341691, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016151691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReduced-dose CTEmergency departmentUrologic interventionUreteral stonesHigher likelihoodDose CTAverage dose-length productSingle-center studyClinical prediction ruleDose-length productComputed tomography protocolStandard-dose CTInstitutional review boardHIPAA authorizationNonurologic causesPrimary outcomeClinical courseClinician's discretionDose reductionClinical reportsPatientsSTONE scoreCT protocolInformed consentReview board