2015
The “5Es” of Emergency Physician–performed Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: A Protocol for Rapid Identification of Effusion, Ejection, Equality, Exit, and Entrance
Hall M, Coffey EC, Herbst M, Liu R, Pare JR, Taylor R, Thomas S, Moore CL. The “5Es” of Emergency Physician–performed Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: A Protocol for Rapid Identification of Effusion, Ejection, Equality, Exit, and Entrance. Academic Emergency Medicine 2015, 22: 583-593. PMID: 25903585, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency physiciansCardiac ultrasoundLife-threatening conditionLeft ventricular ejectionAcademic emergency departmentFocused cardiac ultrasoundRelevant clinical informationEmergency medicine literaturePericardial effusionEmergency departmentVentricular ejectionEmergency settingClinical informationFOCUS findingsMedicine literatureYears of experienceEffusionPhysiciansSpecific assessmentUltrasound
2010
Tissue Doppler of Early Mitral Filling Correlates With Simulated Volume Loss in Healthy Subjects
Moore CL, Tham ET, Samuels KJ, McNamara RL, Galante NJ, Stachenfeld N, Shelley K, Dziura J, Silverman DG. Tissue Doppler of Early Mitral Filling Correlates With Simulated Volume Loss in Healthy Subjects. Academic Emergency Medicine 2010, 17: 1162-1168. PMID: 21175513, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00906.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior vena cavaLBNP levelsTissue DopplerHealthy subjectsVital signsPulsed-wave tissue DopplerLower body negative pressureLateral mitral annulusEmergency department patientsTissue Doppler assessmentTissue Doppler velocitiesEarly diastolic fillingAccurate noninvasive assessmentPulsed-wave spectral DopplerLate transmitralNegative pressure levelBlood pressureDepartment patientsDoppler assessmentVena cavaDiastolic fillingVolume lossCardiovascular diseaseMitral annulusFilling wave