Blogs

Wu TS, Roque PJ, Green J, Drachman D, Khor KN, Rosenberg M, Simpson C. Am J Emerg Med 2012, epub ahead of print. Reviewed by Brian Yun, MD Study Objective: The primary purpose of the study was to investigate the accuracy of beside tendon ultrasonography...

If you look at the number of Emergency Medicine Physicians who are coding for point-of-care ultrasound the numbers are certainly lower than the number of scans actually being done. That certainly reflects that there is uncertainty about how to bill, when...

Cortellaro F, Colombo S, Coen D, Duca P. Emerg Med J 2012;29:19-23 . Reviewed by Lauren Steffel Study Objective : To compare the diagnostic accuracy of bedside lung ultrasound and chest radiography in emergency department patients with suspected pneumonia...

Jang TB, Schindler D, Kaji, AH. Emerg Med J 2011; 28: 676-678 Reviewed by Nicholas Maldonado MD Study Objective : To compare emergency physician-performed US and x-ray in patients in the emergency department (ED) for detection of small bowel obstruction...

Schoenfeld, E, Boniface, Shokoohi, H. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011; 29: 496-501 Reviewed by Stephanie Burgos MD STUDY OBJECTIVE : The objective of the study was to assess the success rate of emergency department technicians in placing ultrasound...

Bradley W. Frazee, MD, Jahan Fahimi, MD, MPH, Larry Lambert, MPH, Arun Nagdev, MD. Annals of Emergency Medicine Volume 58, No 1, Pages 56-63. Review by Mohammad Aldeeb MD STUDY OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the frequency of emergency department (ED) ultrasonographic...

A 23-year-old female who is 7 weeks pregnant presents with RLQ abdominal pain. She has tenderness near McBurney’s point and you are suspicious for appendicitis. Your surgical colleagues are not impressed and request that you perform “some...

RA Hoppman, VV Rao, MB Poston, et al. Crit Ultrasound J (2011) 3:1-12 A descriptive study of the implementation of an integrated ultrasound course across all 4 years of undergraduate medical education. Reviewed by Leana S. Wen STUDY OBJECTIVES: The value...