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MobilePTX: Sparse Coding for Pneumothorax Detection Given Limited Training Examples [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) refers to clinician-performed and interpreted ultrasonography at the patient's bedside. Interpreting these images requires a high level of expertise, which may not be available during emergencies. In this paper, we support POCUS by developing classifiers that can aid medical professionals by diagnosing whether or not a ...
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Inside the November 2024 Issue

POCUS Journal
Dear Readers, We are thrilled to bring you the second issue of the ninth volume of POCUS Journal. Published since 2016, POCUS Journal is the only multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, POCUS-focused journal that is free for authors and readers alike ...
Benjamin Galen
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The Hybrid POCUS-to-Echo Feasibility Study: Provision of Expedited Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound Service (e-POCUS) by the Echocardiography Lab

POCUS Journal, 2020
Background: Comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography (CTE) provides information vital to the care of acutely ill and unstable patients, but may not be readily available.
Hanane Benbarkat, Tony Sanfilippo, Jian Zhang, Amer M. Johri   +3 more
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Point-of-care ultrasound may reduce emergency department length of stay in children with nonspecific manifestations of intussusception [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2016
Purpose To investigate whether performance of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can reduce emergency department length of stay (EDLOS) for children with nonspecific manifestations of intussusception (NMI), defined as 2 or less manifestations of the ...
Sung Min Han, Jung Heon Kim, Jong Seung Lee   +2 more
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COVID-Net USPro: An Open-Source Explainable Few-Shot Deep Prototypical Network to Monitor and Detect COVID-19 Infection from Point-of-Care Ultrasound Images [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
As the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to impact many aspects of life and the global healthcare systems, the adoption of rapid and effective screening methods to prevent further spread of the virus and lessen the burden on healthcare providers is a necessity.
arxiv  

The long-term effect of short point of care ultrasound course on physicians' daily practice.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundThe benefits of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) are well established in the literature. As it is an operator-dependent modality, the operator is required to be skilled in obtaining and interpreting images.
Ortal Tuvali, Re'em Sadeh, Sergio Kobal, Shaked Yarza, Yael Golan, Lior Fuchs   +5 more
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training and Credentialing for mid-late Career Emergency Physicians: Is it worth it?

POCUS Journal, 2021
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is becoming more prevalent in community emergency medicine (EM) practice with the current American College of Emergency Physician guidelines recommending POCUS training for all graduates from United States based ...
Courtney Smalley, Erin Simon, McKinsey Muir, Fernando Delgado, Baruch Fertel   +4 more
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Just In Time! Assessment of Internal Medicine Resident Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Attitudes and Behaviors After Spaced Intervention at Two Residency Programs

POCUS Journal
Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is a complex psychomotor skill that requires scaffolded support for skill acquisition. However, the effect of spaced curricular elements on learner POCUS behaviors are not clearly understood.
Kevin Piro, Patricia Carney, Christopher Smith   +2 more
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Ultrasound of optic nerve sheath diameter for monitoring intracranial pressure

Revista Cubana de Anestesiología y Reanimación, 2022
Introduction: Noninvasive neuromonitoring in critically ill patients is a first-line option for the management of fatal complications derived from increased intracranial pressure. This modality includes ultrasound of optic nerve sheath diameter, which is
Ariel Sosa Remon, Ana Esperanza Jerez Álvarez, Carmen Esther Remón Chávez   +2 more
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Point-of-care ultrasound in geriatrics: a national survey of VA medical centers

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can aid geriatricians in caring for complex, older patients. Currently, there is limited literature on POCUS use by geriatricians.
Maya Gogtay, Ryan S. Choudhury, Jason P. Williams, Michael J. Mader, Kevin J. Murray, Elizabeth K. Haro, Brandy Drum, Edward O’Brien, Rahul Khosla, Jeremy S. Boyd, Brain Bales, Erin Wetherbee, Harald Sauthoff, Christopher K. Schott, Zahir Basrai, Dana Resop, Brian P. Lucas, Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, Sara Espinosa, Nilam J. Soni, Robert Nathanson   +20 more
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