Case File
Ultrasound Imaging of Quadriceps Tendon in a Recreational Golfer
Shawn D. Felton, EdD, LAT, ATC; Arie J. van Duijn, PT, MScPT, EdD - The patient was a 69-year-old recreational golfer who injured his right . While walking between the 9th and 18th holes, he slipped on pine straw. Ultrasound images of the quadriceps tendon post-injury revealed a full-thickness tear of the Quadriceps tendon, Rectus [...]
Case Report
POCUS Evaluation in Acute Kidney Injury
Vanessa A. Hoytfox, MD; Brittney C. Ward, DO; Emily J. Cox PhD; Kang X. Zhang MD FACP - Acute kidney injury is a common clinical problem encountered in general internal medicine. The evaluation of acute kidney injury is mainly driven by the patient’s clinical history, physical exam, and laboratory investigation including urinalysis and urine sediment [...]
Case Report
Real-time Point-of-care Ultrasound for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Testicular Torsion
Rahul V. Nene, MD, PhD; Rachna Subramony, MD; Michael Macias, MD; Colleen Campbell, MD; Amir Aminlari, MD - Testicular torsion is a surgical emergency that needs prompt diagnosis and treatment. Point-of-Care ultrasound (POCUS) can not only establish the diagnosis but also guide the Emergency Physician in evaluating the response to manual detorsion.
Case Report
Diagnosis of Central Retinal Artery Occlusion in the Emergency Department Using POCUS: A Case Series
Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA; Kendall Stevens, BS; Yeoshina Pillay, MD; David Moore MD; Matthew Flannigan, DO; Mariah Barnes, MD; Matthew Singh, MD; Melisa Gagrica, MD; Christian Kolacki, MD; Jennifer Bach, DO; Dale McNinch, MD; Drue Orwig, DO; Jeffrey Jones, MD - Central Retinal Artery Occlusion is a cause of vision loss that warrants emergent evaluation. [...]
Case Report
How Point-of-Care Ultrasound Led to a Diagnosis of May-Thurner Syndrome
Daniel L. Belkin, BFA; Mitchell D. Belkin, BA; Maedeh Ashrafi, MD; Charan Vegivinti, MD; Yung-Hsien Wang, MD; Leonidas Palaiodimos, MD - A 65-year-old man with a history of a left-sided inguinal hernia presented with three days of left-sided groin pain worsened with exertion and fatigue. The patient was afebrile but tachycardic, and physical examination revealed [...]
Research
Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet Velocity Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum Development and Validation
Zachary W. Binder, MD; Sharon E. O’Brien, MD; Tehnaz P. Boyle, MD, PhD; Howard J. Cabral, PhD; Joseph R. Pare, MD, MHS - The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) recommends that Emergency Medicine physicians with advanced training can evaluate right ventricular (RV) pressures via point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by measuring a tricuspid regurgitant jet (TRJ). [...]
Research
Comparison of Clerkship Directors’ Expectations of Physical Examination Skills with Point-of-care Ultrasound Skills Using the RIME Framework
Valérie Desjardins, BSc; Paul Pageau, MD; Barbara Power, MD; Isabelle Burnier, MD, M.Ed; Carolina Souza, MD, PhD; Warren J. Cheung, MD, MMEd; Michael Y. Woo, MD - The expectations of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) in undergraduate clerkship at the University of Ottawa has not been described. We compared clerkship directors’ expectations of physical examination skills with [...]
Research
The Use of Thoracic Ultrasound to Predict Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusion
Peter T. Evans MD; Robert S. Zhang MD; Yulei Cao MS; Sean Breslin MD; Nova Panebianco MD, MPH; Cameron M. Baston MD, MSCE; David M. DiBardino, MD - Pleural effusion is a common reason for hospital admission with thoracentesis often required to diagnose an underlying cause. This study aimed to determine if the imaging characteristics [...]
Research
Development and Evaluation of Resident-Championed Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
Leila Haghighat, MD; Hayley Israel, MD; Eric Jordan, MD; Ethan L. Bernstein, MD; Merilyn Varghese, MD; Benjamin M. Cherry, MD; Reinier Van Tonder, MD; Shyoko Honiden, MD; Rachel Liu, MD; Christopher Sankey, MD - Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a powerful clinical tool that has seen widespread adoption, including in Internal Medicine (IM), yet standardized curricula [...]
