Alonso Marron, Michael S. Wolf, Marla Levine, Jeremy S. Boyd, Marta Hernanz-Schulman – The aim of this study was to investigate the role of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) as an alternative imaging modality to confirm the location of gastric and post-pyloric feeding tubes in patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). This was a prospective descriptive study performed at a tertiary care children’s hospital.
Salmah Lashhab; David J. McCreary – Our objective was to evaluate and appraise the existing evidence on the use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) for pulled elbow, including its positive findings and their reliability.
Tareq Alhaddad; Amr Hamid; Abdulbaset Mohammed; Hana Mohsen – We discuss the case of a 4-year-old girl diagnosed with cor triatriatum, who was admitted to the emergency room exhibiting symptoms of pneumonia and poor weight gain. A point of care ultrasound (POCUS) test revealed a membrane in the left atrium.
Carl Kaplan; Raizada Vaid; Michael Secko – A 16-year-old girl without significant past medical history presents to the ED with RLQ abdominal pain for one day, radiating to the umbilicus. The pain was worse with right leg movement and walking – associated with one episode of non-bloody, non-bilious emesis.
Jeff Yang; Christine Rizkalla – A 26-day-old boy born at 39 weeks, 5 days via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery was referred to the pediatric emergency department by his pediatrician for evaluation of a left-sided neck mass.