Ultrasound (US) is a useful tool for the identification and diagnosis of urgent conditions in
the emergency room. For that reason, emergency US is defined as a diagnostic procedure …

Aim Ultrasound has a well-established role in the diagnostic assessment of acute abdominal
pain where some ultrasonically easily-accessible organs account for several diagnostic …

Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of “accelerated” training for military doctors in front line
ultrasound. To establish the number of ultrasounds required to validate the doctor's training …

Aim: Ultrasound is the initial investigation of choice for patients presenting acutely with
suspected biliary symptoms. However, ultrasound is operator dependent and we wanted to …

Purpose: Gallstone disease is a prevalent condition in the general population with acute
cholecystitis being a common indication for emergency surgery. The National Institute for …

Is it possible to simply look at the gallbladder (and other abdominal organs) and decide
within a few minutes or even seconds, whether the biliary system is healthy or not? Can one …

This article investigates the use of bedside abdominal ultrasonography (BAU) performed by
emergency physicians (EPs) to screen patients for cholelithiasis and cholecystitis. In this …

Background Acute cholecystitis (AC), frequently responsible for presentation to the
emergency department, requires expedient diagnosis and definitive treatment by a general …

Introduction Ultrasound has long been the radiological investigation of choice for right upper
quadrant pain in the detection of gallstones and cholecystitis. However, previously reported …

BACKGROUND: It remains unclear if sonography accurately describes the severity of
gallstone disease. METHODS: Patients were prospectively enrolled if urgent …