Purpose To compare point-of-care ultrasound and physical examination (PEx), each
performed by first-year medical students after brief teaching, for assessing ascites and …

Objective In this paper, the authors report their experience of perioperative transthoracic
echocardiography (TTE) practice and its impact on perioperative patient management …

Critical asthma syndrome represents the most severe subset of asthma exacerbations, and
the critical asthma syndrome is an umbrella term for life-threatening asthma, status …

IntroductionPoint-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) has become an important diagnostic tool for
hospital-based clinicians. This study assesses the role of POCUS at Pemberton Music …

Background The use of ultrasonography in the intensive care unit (ICU) is steadily
increasing but is usually restricted to examinations of single organs or organ systems. In this …

Cardiopulmonary arrest is the final result of many diseases and therefore, need for a careful
implementation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) protocols in these cases is …

Acute severe cardiac valve emergencies, such as acute severe mitral regurgitation (AMR)
and acute severe aortic regurgitation (AAR), present significant challenges in terms of …

Introduction: Ultrasonographic evaluation of patients in cardiac arrest is currently not
protocolised in the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) algorithm. Potentially reversible …

Acute breathing difficulties are the cause of 8% of emergency calls and are the third ranking
emergency call presentation [1, 2]. Diagnosing the cause of respiratory symptoms in patients …

Septic shock is the most serious complication of sepsis and requires emergent recognition
and treatment. Considerable efforts have been made to evaluate different therapies for …