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
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