Ultrasound Literature Bank


Abdominal Ultrasound
Critical Care Ultrasound
Dermatomusculoskeletal Ultrasound
Field and Prehospital Ultrasound
Echocardiography
Obstetric and Gynecological Ultrasound
Ocular Ultrasound
Procedural Guidance
Pulmonary Ultrasound
Training and Guidelines

Abdominal Ultrasound

CT and US in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis: An Argument for CT; Radiology- Volume 255 (2010)

CT and US in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis: An Argument for US; Radiology- Volume 255 (2010)

An Interdisciplinary Initiative to Reduce Radiation Exposure: Evaluation of Appendicitis in a Pediatric Emergency Department with Clinical Assessment Supported by a Staged Ultrasound and CT Pathway; Academic Emergency Medicine- Volume 16 (2009)

National Survey of Canadian General Surgery Program Directors Regarding Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma; Journal of Surgical Education- Volume 66 (2009)

Feasibility of Emergency Physician Diagnosis of Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis Using Point-of-care Ultrasound; Journal of Emergency Medicine- Volume 37 (2009)

Identification of Congestive Heart Failure via Respiratory Variation of Inferior Vena Cava; American Journal of Emergency Medicine- Volume 27 (2009)

Emergent Right Upper Quadrant Sonography; Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine- Volume 28 (2009)

Routine Screening for Asympotmatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in High-risk Patients is not Recommended in Emergency Departments that are Frequently Crowded; Academic Emergency Medicine- Volume 16 (2009)

Volumetric Bladder Ultrasound Performed by Trained Nurses Increases Catheterization Success in Pediatric Patients; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 26 (2008)

Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Asymptomatic-at-risk Patients Using Emergency Ultrasound; American Journal of Emergency Medicine- Volume 26 (2008)

The Gastric Fulid Sign: an Unrecognized False-positive Finding During FAST Examinations; American Journal of Emergency Medicine- Volume 26 (2008)

Sonographic Inferior Vena Cava / Aorta Diameter Index, A New Approach to the Body Fluid Status Assessment in Children and Young Adults in Emergency Ultrasound; American Journal of Emergency Medicine- Volume 26 (2008)

How Fast is the Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma Examination Learning Curve?- Emergency Medicine Australasia - Volume 20, (2008)

Recognition of Pneumoperitoneum Using Bedside Ultrasound in Critically Ill Patients Presenting with Acute Abdominal Pain; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 25 (2007)

Associaition Between a Positive ED FAST Examination and Theraputic Laparotomy in Normotensive Blunt Trauma Patients; The Journal of Emergency Medicine- Volume 33, Number 3 (2007)

Diagnosis of Diverticulitis by Bedside Ultrasound in the Emergency Department; The Journal of Emergency Medicine- Volume 30, Number 3 (2006)

Prospective validation of a current algorithm including bedside US performed by emergency physicians for patients with acute flank pain suspected for renal colic; Emergency Medicine Journal- Volume 23 (2006)

Focused Aortic Ultrasound to Evalutate the Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in ED Patients with High-risk Symptoms; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 24, Number 2 (March, 2006)

Impact of Bedside Right Upper Quadrant Ultrasonography on Radiology Imaging; Emergency Radiology - Volume 13, Number 1 (Sept., 2006)

Emergency Ultrasound and Urinalysis in the Evaluation of Flank Pain; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 12 (December, 2005)

Hand-held Thoracic Sonography for Detecting Post-Traumatic Pneumothoraces: The Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma; The Journal of Trauma - Volume 57, Number 2 (August 2004)

Prospective Study of Accuracy and Outcome of Emergency Utlrasound for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm over Two Years; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 10, Number 8 (August 2003)

Hemoperitoneum Score Helps Determine Need for Therapeutic Laparotomy; The Journal of Trauma - Volume 50, Number 4 (April, 2001)

Performance and Interpretation of Focused Right Upper Quadrant Ultrasound by Emergency Physicians; The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 21, Number 1 (Feb., 2001)

Ultrasonography of Flank Pain in the Emergency Department: Renal Cell Carcinoma as a Diagnostic Concern; The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 18 (2000)

Emergency Deparmtent Ultrasound Scanning for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Accessible, Accurate and Advantageous - Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 36, Number 3 (Sept. 2000)

Decreasing Length of Stay with Emergency Ultrasound Examination of the Gallbladder; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 6, Number 10 (Oct., 1999)

Use of Ultrasound to Determine Need for Laparotomy in Trauma Patients; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 29, Number 3 (March, 1997)

Abdominal Sonography for the Diagnosis of Bowel Obstruction; Annals of Surgery - Volume 29, Number 3 (March, 1996)

Prospective Evaluation of Abdominal Sonography for the Diagnosis of Bowel Obstruction; Annals of Surgery - Volume 29, Number 3 (March, 1996)

Critical Care Ultrasound


Emergency Department Bedside Ultrasonographic Measurement of the Caval Index for Noninvasive Determination of Low Cenral Venous Pressure; Annals of Emergency Medicine- Volume 55 (2010)

Abdominal and Cardiac Evaluation with Sonography in Shock (ACES): an Approach by Emergency Physicians for the use of Ultrasound in Patients with Undifferentiated Hypotension; Emergency Medicine Journal- Volume 26 (2009)

Toward an Ultrasound Curriculum for Critical Care Medicine; Critical Care Medicine - Volume 35, Number 5 (2007)

Randomized, Controlled Trial of Immediate Versus Delayed Goal-directed Ultrasound to Identify the Cause of Non-traumatic Hypotension in Emergency Department Patients; Critical Care Medicine- Volume 32, Number 8 (2004)

The UHP Ultrasound Protocol: A Novel Ultrasound Approach to the Emperic Evaluation of the Undifferentiated Hypotensive Patient; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 19, Number 4 (July, 2001)

Dermatomusculoskeletal Ultrasound


Overview of Musculoskeletal Sonography; Ultrasound Quarterly-Volume 26, Number 1 (2010)

Bedside Ultrasound for the Detection of Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies: A Cadaveric Study; The Journal of Emergency Medicine-Volume 36, Number 4 (2009)

Use of Ultrasound Elastography for Skin and Subcutaneous Abscesses; The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine-Volume 28 (2009)

The Prognostic Values of Soft Tissue Sonography for Adult Cellulitis without Pus or Abscess Formation; Internal Medicine Journal-(2009)

Emergency Clinician-Performed Compression Ultrasonography for Deep Venous Thrombosis of the Lower Extremity; Annals of Emergency Medicine- (2008)

Prospective Use of Ultrasound Imaging to Detect Bony Hand Injuries in Adults; Journal of Ultrasound Medicine - Volume 26 (2007)

Diganosis and Guided Reduction of Forearm Fractures in Children Using Bedside Ultrasound; Pediatric Emergency Care - Volume 23, Number 8 (Aug., 2007)

The Effect of Soft-tissue Ultrasound on the Management of Cellulitis in the Emergency Deparment; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 13, Number 4 (April, 2006)

Do we Really Need Plain and Soft-tissue Radiographs to Detect Radiolucent Foreign Bodies in the ED?; The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 24, Number 7 (November, 2006)

ABSCESS: Applied Bedside Sonography for Convenient Evaluation of Superficial Soft Tissue Infections; Academnic Emergency Medicine - Volume 12, Number 7 (July, 2005)

Goal-Directed Ultrasound in the Detection of Long-Bone Fractures; Journal of Trauma - Volume 17, Number 2 (Aug., 2004)

Ultrasound-Guided Drainage of Peritonsillar Abscess by the Emergency Physician; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 21, Number 2 (March, 2003)

The Comparative Accuracy of Radiolucent Foreign Body Detection using Ultrasonography; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 18, Number 4 (July, 2000)

Ultrasound for the Detection of Foreign Bodies in Human Tissue; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 29, Number 3 (March 1997)

Echocardiography

Use of Echocardiography and Modalities of Patient Monitoring of Trauma Patients; Current Opinions in Anesthesiology- 2010

Abdominal and Cardiac Evaluation with Sonography in Shock (ACES): an Approach by Emergency Physicians for the use of Ultrasound in Patients with Undifferentiated Hypotension; Emergency Medicine Journal- Volume 26 (2009)

Current Issues with Emergency Cardiac Ultrasound Probe and Image Conventions; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 15, Number 3 (March 2008)

Bedside Ultrasound of the Lung for the Monitoring of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 26 (2008)

The Syndrome of Cardiac Tamponade with "Small" Pericardial Effusion; Echocardiography - Volume 25 (2008)

Randomized, Controlled Trial of Immediate versus Delayed Goal-Directed Ultrasound to Identify the Cause of Nontraumatic Hypotension in Emergency Department Patients;Critical CareMedicine - Volume 32, Number 8 (2004)

Accuracy of Emergency Physician Assessment of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Central Venous Pressure Using Echocardiography; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 10, Number 9 (Sept. 2003)

Determination of Left Ventricular Function by Emergency Physician Echocardiography of Hypotensive Patients; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 9, Number 3 (March, 2002)

Bedside Echocardiography by Emergency Physicians; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 38, Number 4 (Oct., 2001)

Outcome in Cardiac Arrest Patients Found to Have Cardiac Standstill on the Bedside Emergency Department Echocardiogram; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 8, Number 6 (June, 2001)

Field and Pre-hospital Ultrasound

Ultrasound Applications in Mass Casualities and Extreme Enviornments; Critical Care Medicine- Volume359, Number 5 (2007)

Usefulness of Hand-held Ultrasound Devices in Out-of-hospital Diagnosis Performed by Emergency Physicians; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 24, (2006)

The Potential of Handheld Trauma Sonography in the Air Medical Transport of the Trauma Victim; Air Medical Journal - Volume 24, Number 1 (January, 2005)

Obstetric and Gynecological Ultrasound

Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy Case Report: Findings for the Bedside Sonographer; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 26 (2009)

Obstetric Ultrasonography in Low-income Countries; Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology- Volume 52 (2009)

Complete Uterine Inversion; Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine- Volume 28 (2009)

A New Method to Assess Fetal Head Descent in Labor with Transperineal Ultrasound; Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology- Volume 33 (2009)

Ectopic Pregnancy; New England Journal of Medicine- Volume 36 (2009)

Compact Ultrasound for Improving Maternal and Perinatal Care in Low-Resource Settings; Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine- Volume 28 (2009)

ED Endovaginal Pelvic Ultrasound in Nonpregnant Women with Right Lower Quadrant Pain; The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 36 (2009)

Role of Bedside Transvaginal Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Tubo-Ovarian Abscess in the Emergency Department; The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 34, Number 4 (2008)

Prospective Comparative Tiral of Endovaginal Sonographic Bimanual Examination versus Traditional Digital Bimanual Examination in Nonpregnant Women with Lower Abdominal Pain with Regard to Body Mass Index Classification; Journal of Ultrasound Medicine - Volume 27 (2008)

ED Endovaginal Pelvic Ultrasound in Nonpregnant Women with Right Lower Quadrant Pain; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 26, (2008)

Diagnosis and Managment of Ectopic Pregnancy Using Bedside Transvaginal Ultrasonography in the ED: A Two Year Experience American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 25, (2007)

Free Fluid in Morison's Pouch on Bedside Ultrasound Predicts Need for Operative Intervention in Suspected Ectopic Pregnancy; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume145, Number 8 (August 2007)

What do Clinical Users Know Regarding Safety of Ultrasound During Pregnancy?; Journal of Ultrasound Medicine - Volume 26 (2007)

Free Fluid in Morison's Pouch on Bedside Ultrasound Predicts Need for Operative Intervention in Ectopic Pregnancy; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 14, Number 8 (Aug., 2007)

Diagnosis and Management of Ectopic Pregnancy Using Bedside Transvaginal Ultrasonography n the ED: A 2 year Experience; The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 25, Number 6 (July, 2007)

Prenatal Exposure to Ultrasound Waves Impacts Neuronal Migration in Mice; Proceedings of the National Academy of Science - Volume 103, Number 34 (Aug., 2006)

Effects of Repeated Prenatal Ultrasound Examinations on Childhood Outcome up to 8 Years of Age: Follow up of a Randomized Controlled Trial; Lancet - Volume 364 (2004)

Ruptured Heterotopic Pregnancy Presenting with Relative Bradycardia in a Woman Not Receiveing Reprouctive Assistance; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 43, Number 3 (March, 2004)

Subclassification of Indeterminate Pelvic Ultrasonography: Prospective Evaluation of the risk of Ectopic Pregnancy; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 39, Number 4 (Apr., 2002)

Do Emergency Physicians Save Time When Locating a Live Intrauterine Pregnancy with Bedside Ultrasonography?; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 7, Number 9 (Sept. 2000)

Transvaginal Ultrasound in Patients with Low B-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Values: How Often is the Study Diagnostic?; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 30, Number 2 (August 1997)

Ocular Ultrasound

Ultrasound Diagnosis of Papilledema and Increased Intracranial Pressure in Pseudotumor Cerebri; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 27 (2009)

Ultrasonography of the Optic Nerve Sheath May be Useful for Detecting Raised Intracranial Pressure After Severe Brain Injury; Intensive Care Medicine - Volume 33, Number 10 (Oct., 2007)

Ultrasound Imaging of Penetrating Ocular Trauma; The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 36, Number 2 (2006)

Emergency Department Sonographic Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter to Detect Findings of Increased Intracranial Pressure in Adult Head Injury Patients; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 49, Number 4 (Apr., 2007)

Elevated Iintracranial Pressure Detected by Bedside Emergency Ultrasonography of the Optic Nerve Sheath; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume 10, Number 4 (Apr., 2003)

Procedural Guidance

Video Analysis of Accidntal Arterial Cannulation With Dynamic Ultrasound Guidance for Central Venous Access; Journal of Ultrasound Medicine - Volume 28, Number 1 (2009)

Use of Ultrasound to Facilitate Accurate Femoral Nerve Block in the Emergency Department; Emergency Medicine Australasia- Volume 21, (2009)

Ultrasound-Guided Low-dose Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block Reduces the Incidence of Hemidiaphragmatic Paresis; Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine- Volume 34, (2009)

Correlation Between Ultrasound Imaging, Cross Sectional Anatomy and Histology of the Brachial Plexus; Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine- Volume 34, (2009)

A Comparison of Sensory and Motor Loss After a Femoral Nerve Block Conducted with Ultrasound Versus Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation; Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine- Volume 34, (2009)

Ultrasonographically Guided Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation of Emergency Deparmtent Patients with Difficult Intravenous Access: A Randomized Trial; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 54, Number 1 (2009)

Ultrasound-guided Central Venous Catheter Placement Decreases Complications and Decreaes Placement Attempts Compared with the Landmark Technique in Patients in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Critical Care Medicine - Volume 37, Number 3 (2009)

Feasibility of point-of-care Color Dopper Ultrasound Confirmation of Intraosseus Needle Placement During Resuscitation; Resuscitation - Volume 80 (2009)

Before we go to far: Ultrasound Guided Central Catheter Placement; Critical Care Medicine- Volume 37 (2009)

An Unseen Danger: Frequency of Posterior Vessel Wall Penetration by Needles During Attempts to Place Internal Jugular Vein Catheters Using Ultrasound Guidance; Critical Care Medicine- Volume 37 (2009)

Ultrasound-guidance vs. Standard Technique in Difficult Vascular Access Patients by ED Technicians; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 27 (2009)

Ultrasound Valication of Maneuvers to Increase Internal Jugular Vein Cross-sectional Area and Decrease Compressibility; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 27 (2009)

Effect of Hip Abduction and External Rotation on Femoral Vein Exposure for Possible Cannulation; The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 35, Number 1 (2008)

Effect of Hip Abduction and External Rotation on Femoral Vein Exposure for Possible Cannulation; The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 35, Number 1 (July, 2008)

Ultraound-guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block vs. Procedural Sedation for the Treatment of Upper Extremity Emergencies; The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 26, Number 6 (July, 2008)

Bedside Sonography by Emergency Physiciansfor the Rapid Identification of Landmarks Relevant to Cricothyrotomy; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 26 (2008)

Emergency Physicians Can Easily Obtain Ultrasound Images of Anatomical Landmarks Relevant to Lumbar Puncture; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 25 (2007)

Ultrasound-guided Subclavian Vein Cannulation in Infants and Children: A Novel Approach; British Journal of Anesthesia - Volume 98, Number 4 (March, 2007)

Humming is as Effective as Valsalva's Maneuver and Trendelenburg's Position for Ultrasonographic Visualization of the Jugular Venous System and Common Femoral Veins; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 50, Number 1 (July, 2007)

Correspondence: Idadvertant Carotid Artery Canulation During Ulrasound Guided Central Venous Catheterization; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 49, Number 5 (2007)

Ultrasound-guided Hematoma Block: A Novel Use of Ultrasound in the Traumatized Patient; The Journal of Trauma - Volume 62, Number 2 (February, 2007)

Ultrasound-guided Supraclavicular Block for the Treatment of Upper Extremity Fractures, Dislocations and Abscesses in the ED; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 25 (2007)

Real-Time Ultrasonographically-Guided Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization in the Emergency Department Increases Success Rates and Reduces Complications: A Randomized, Prospective Study; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 48, Number 5 (Nov., 2006)

Feasibility of Forearm Ultrasonography-Guided Nerve Blocks of the Radial, Ulnar, and Median Nerves for Hand Procedures in the Emergency Department; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 48, Number 5 (Nov., 2006)

Feasibility of Forearm Ultrasonography-Guided Nerve Blocks of the Radial, Ulnar, and Medican Nerves for Hand Procedures in the Emergency Department; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 48, Number 5 (Nov. 2006)

Real-Time Ultrasonographically-Guided Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization in the Emergency Department Increases Success Rates and Reduces Complications: A Randomized, Prospective Study; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 48, Number 5 (Nov., 2006)

Emergency Ultrasound Evaluation of Symptomatic Nontraumatic Pleural Effusions; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 24 (2006)

Ultrasound-guided Interscalene Block for Shoulder Dislocation Reduction in the ED; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 24, Number 3 (May, 2006)

Ultrasound-assisted Paracentesis Performed by Emergency Physicians vs. the Traditional Technique: A Prospective Randomized Study; The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 23, Number 3 (May, 2005)

Ultrasonography-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Access Versus Traditional Approaches in Patients with Difficult Intravenous Access; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 46, Number 5 (Nov., 2005)

Sonographically Guided Thoracentesis and Rate of Pneumothorax; Journal of Clinical Ultrasound- Volume 33, Number 9 (Dec, 2005)

Emergency Diagnostic Paracentesis to Determine Intraperitoneal Fluid Identiy Discovered on Bedside Ultrasound of Unstable Patients; The Journal of Emergency Medicine- Volume 29, Number 4 (2005)

Transpectoral Ultrasound-Guided Catheterization of the Axillary Vein: An Alternative to Standard Catheterization of the Subclavian Vein; Anesthesia - Volume 99 (2004)

Ultrasonographic Guidance of Transvenous Pacemaker Insertion in the Emergency Department: A Report of Three Cases; The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 17, Number 3 (May, 1999)

Ultrasonic Locating Devices for Central Venous Cannulation: Meta Analysiss; British Medical Journal - Volume 327 (August, 2003)

Ultrasonographic Guided Brachial and Basilic Vein Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients With Difficult Intravenous Access; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 34, Number 6 (December, 1999)

Trauma Ultrasound Examination Versus Chest Radiography in the Detection of Hemothorax; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 29, Number 3 (March, 1997)

Real-time Ultrasound Guided Femoral Vein Catheterization During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 29, Number 3 (March, 1997)

Pulmonary Ultrasound

Evalutation of Lung Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Pneumonia in the ED; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 27 (2009)

Emergency Thoracic Ultrasound in the Differentiation of the Etiology of Shortness of Breath: Sonographic B lines and N-terminal Pro-BNP in Diagnosing Congestive Hearth Failure; Academic Emergency Medicine - Volume16, Number 3 (March, 2009)

Diagnostic Accuracy of Lung Ultrasonography in the Emergency Department; Chest - Volume 133, Number 1 (Jan., 2008)

Pilot Study to Evaluate the Accuracy of Ultrasonography in Confirming Endotracheal Tube Placement; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 49, Number 1 (Jan., 2007)

Ultrasound Lung Comets: A Clinically Useful Sign of Extravascular Lung Water; Journal of he American Society of Echocardiolgraphy- Volume 19, Number 3 (March, 2006)

Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Point-of-Care, Limited Ultrasonography for Trauma in the Emergency Department: The First Sonography Outcomes Assessment Program Trial; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 48, Number 3 (Sept., 2006)

Bedside Lung Ultrasound in the Assessment of Alveolar-interstitial Syndrome; American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 24 (2006)

"Ultrasound Comet-Tail Images": A Marker Of Pulmonary Edema: A Comparative Study With Wedge Pressure And Extravascular Lung Water; Chest - Volume 127 (2005)

Two Cases Where Bedside Ultrasound Was Able to Distinguish Pulmonary Bleb From Pneumothorax; The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Volume 29, Number 2 (April, 2005)

Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound for Pneumothorax in the Trauma Suite; The Journal of Trauma- Volume 56, Number 3 (2004)

Traumatic Pneumothorax Detection with Thoracic US: Correlation with Chest Radiography and CT - Initial Experience; Radiology - Volume 225 (Sept., 2002)

Sonographic Diagnosis of a Pneumothorax Inapparent on Plain Radiography: Confirmation by Computed Tomography; The Journal of Trauma- Volume 50, Number 4 (April, 2001)

A Lung Ultrasound Sign Allowing Bedside Distinction Between Pulmonary Edema and COPD: the comet-tail artifact; Intensive Care Med - Volume 24 (Oct., 1998)

Trauma Ultrasound Examination Versus Chest Radiography in the Detection of Hemothorax; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 29, Number 3 (March, 1997)

Trauma Ultrasound Examination Versus Chest Radiography in the Detection of Hemothorax; Annals of Emergency Medicine - Volume 29, Number 3 (March, 1997)

A Bedside Ulrasound Sign Ruling Out Pneumothorax in the Critically Ill; Chest - Volume 108, Number 5 (November, 1995)

Training and Guidelines


How to Write a Manuscript; The Journal of Emergency Medicine- Volume 36, Number 1 (2009)

Ultrasound Coding and Reimbursement Document 2009; Emergency Ultrasound Section, ACEP

The Financial Impact of Emergency Ultrasound; Academic Emergency Medicine- Volume 16, Number 7 (2009)

Resident Training in Emergency Ultrasound: Consensus Recommendations from the 2008 Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Conference; Academic Emergency Medicine- Volume 16, Number 12 (2009)

Results of Short-term Training of Naive Physicians in Focused General Ultrasonography in an Intensive Care Unit; Intensive Care Medicine- Volume 35 (2009)

Improved Medical Student Satisfaction and Test Performance with a Simulation Based Emergency Medicine Curriculum; Annals of Emergency Medicine- Volume 54, Number 5 (2009)

Developing Technical Expertise in Emergency Medicine - The Role of Simulation in Procedural Skill Acquisition; Academic Emergency Medicine- Volume 15, Number 11 (November, 2008)

Procedures Can be Learned on the Web: A Randomized Study of Ultrasound-guided Vascular Access Training; Academic Emergency Medicine- Volume 15, Number 10 (October, 2008)

Emergency Medicine Leads the Way for Training Medical Studnts in Clinician Based Ultrasound: A Radical Paradigm Shift in Patient Imaging; Academic Emergency Medicine- Volume 14, Number 6 (June, 2007)

Emergency Ultrasound Coding and Reimbursement Update - 2007

Towards an Ultrasound Curriculum for Critical Care Medicine; Critical Care Medicine- Volume 35, Number 5 (2007)

History of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound: The Evolution of a New Imaging Paradigm; Critical Care Medicine- Volume 35, Number 5 (2007)

Ultrasoud Training Recommendations for Medical and Surgical Specialities - The Royal College of Radiologists (January, 2005)

Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Policies and Reimbursement Guidelines; Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America - Volume 22 ( 2004)