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The Ultrasound Journal

Issue 1/2015

Content (19 Articles)

Open Access Original article

Bedside ultrasound training using web-based e-learning and simulation early in the curriculum of residents

Yanick Beaulieu, Réjean Laprise, Pierre Drolet, Robert L Thivierge, Karim Serri, Martin Albert, Alain Lamontagne, Marc Bélliveau, André-Yves Denault, Jean-Victor Patenaude

Open Access Case report

Case report: an unrecognized etiology of transient gallbladder pain in heart failure diagnosed with internist-performed point-of-care ultrasound

Christine N Desautels, David M Tierney, Federico Rossi, Terry K Rosborough

Open Access Case report

Point-of-care ultrasound of the diaphragm in a liver transplant patient with acute respiratory failure

Federico Barbariol, Luigi Vetrugno, Livia Pompei, Adelisa De Flaviis, Giorgio Della Rocca

Open Access Original article

Can severe aortic stenosis be identified by emergency physicians when interpreting a simplified two-view echocardiogram obtained by trained echocardiographers?

Hasan Alzahrani, Michael Y Woo, Chris Johnson, Paul Pageau, Scott Millington, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy

Open Access Case report

The diagnosis of right heart thrombus by focused cardiac ultrasound in a critically ill patient in compensated shock

Mansour Jammal, Peter Milano, Renzo Cardenas, Thomas Mailhot, Diku Mandavia, Phillips Perera

Open Access Review

Point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Alessandro Squizzato, Luca Galli, Victor E. A. Gerdes

Open Access Original Article

Focused transesophageal echocardiography for emergency physicians—description and results from simulation training of a structured four-view examination

Robert Arntfield, Jacob Pace, Shelley McLeod, Jeff Granton, Ahmed Hegazy, Lorelei Lingard

Open Access Original Article

Perceived barriers in the use of ultrasound in developing countries

Sachita Shah, Blaise A. Bellows, Adeyinka A. Adedipe, Jodie E. Totten, Brandon H. Backlund, Dana Sajed

Open Access Original Article

Respiratory variation in carotid peak systolic velocity predicts volume responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients with septic shock: a prospective cohort study

Miguel Á Ibarra-Estrada, José A López-Pulgarín, Julio C Mijangos-Méndez, José L Díaz-Gómez, Guadalupe Aguirre-Avalos

Open Access Original research

Point-of-care ultrasonography improves the diagnosis of splenomegaly in hospitalized patients

Andrew P. J. Olson, Bernard Trappey, Michael Wagner, Michael Newman, L. James Nixon, Daniel Schnobrich

Open Access Original article

Defining the learning curve of point-of-care ultrasound for confirming endotracheal tube placement by emergency physicians

Jordan Chenkin, Colin J. L. McCartney, Tomislav Jelic, Michael Romano, Claire Heslop, Glen Bandiera

Open Access Original article

Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumoperitoneum in patients with acute abdominal pain: a pilot study

Peiman Nazerian, Camilla Tozzetti, Simone Vanni, Maurizio Bartolucci, Simona Gualtieri, Federica Trausi, Marco Vittorini, Elisabetta Catini, Gian Alfonso Cibinel, Stefano Grifoni

Open Access Original Article

Inferior vena cava diameters and collapsibility index reveal early volume depletion in a blood donor model

Paolo Pasquero, Stefano Albani, Elena Sitia, Anna Viola Taulaigo, Lorenzo Borio, Paola Berchialla, Franco Castagno, Massimo Porta

Open Access Research

The evolution of an integrated ultrasound curriculum (iUSC) for medical students: 9-year experience

Richard A. Hoppmann, Victor V. Rao, Floyd Bell, Mary Beth Poston, Duncan B. Howe, Shaun Riffle, Stephen Harris, Ruth Riley, Carol McMahon, L. Britt Wilson, Erika Blanck, Nancy A. Richeson, Lynn K. Thomas, Celia Hartman, Francis H. Neuffer, Brian D. Keisler, Kerry M. Sims, Matthew D. Garber, C. Osborne Shuler, Michael Blaivas, Shawn A. Chillag, Michael Wagner, Keith Barron, Danielle Davis, James R. Wells, Donald J. Kenney, Jeffrey W. Hall, Paul H. Bornemann, David Schrift, Patrick S. Hunt, William B. Owens, R. Stephen Smith, Allison G. Jackson, Kelsey Hagon, Steven P. Wilson, Stanley D. Fowler, James F. Catroppo, Ali A. Rizvi, Caroline K. Powell, Thomas Cook, Eric Brown, Fernando A. Navarro, Joshua Thornhill, Judith Burgis, William R. Jennings, James B. McCallum, James M. Nottingham, James Kreiner, Robert Haddad, James R. Augustine, Norman W. Pedigo, Paul V. Catalana

Open Access Short communication

Real-time images of tidal recruitment using lung ultrasound

Gerardo Tusman, Cecilia M. Acosta, Marco Nicola, Mariano Esperatti, Stephan H. Bohm, Fernando Suarez-Sipmann

Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.