Common pitfalls in point-of-care ultrasound: a practical guide for emergency and critical care physicians

Common pitfalls in point-of-care ultrasound: a practical guide for emergency and critical care physicians

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is a widely used tool in emergency and critical care settings, useful in the decision-making process as well as in interventional guidance. Following some rules in technique and interpretation,... read more

Radiologist-Level Pneumonia Detection on Chest X-Rays with Deep Learning

Radiologist-Level Pneumonia Detection on Chest X-Rays with Deep Learning

We develop an algorithm that can detect pneumonia from chest X-rays at a level exceeding practicing radiologists. Our algorithm, CheXNet, is a 121-layer convolutional neural network trained on ChestX-ray14, currently the... read more

ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Venous Doppler & Volume Tolerance

ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Venous Doppler & Volume Tolerance

With the birth of "fluid responsiveness" physiology, there has been a slow and solemn drumbeat ushering the central venous pressure (CVP) up the squeaking planks of the hemodynamic gallows. Despite this, a few years ago... read more

Diagnostic Imaging on iPhone

Diagnostic Imaging on iPhone

FDA just cleared Butterfly Network's iQ an iPhone-connected Ultrasound system, which claims it is the world's first "ultrasound-on-a-chip" system. Butterfly iQ is FDA 510(k) cleared for diagnostic imaging across 13 clinical... read more

The Practice and Implications of Finding Fluid During Point-of-Care Ultrasonography

The Practice and Implications of Finding Fluid During Point-of-Care Ultrasonography

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) can augment physical examination and procedural efficacy but requires appropriate education and program setup. As POCUS continues to spread, internal medicine physicians need to clarify... read more

Utility and Diagnostic Accuracy of Bedside Lung Ultrasonography During MET

Utility and Diagnostic Accuracy of Bedside Lung Ultrasonography During MET

Lung ultrasonography can be rapidly performed in the majority of patients with MET activation for respiratory deterioration. As an independent diagnostic test, lung ultrasonography is non-inferior to the medical emergency... read more

Detection of Pulmonary Embolism During Cardiac Arrest

Detection of Pulmonary Embolism During Cardiac Arrest

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the right ventricle is more dilated during resuscitation from cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary embolism, compared with hypoxia and primary arrhythmia. The right ventricle... read more

Critical care ultrasonography in acute respiratory failure

Critical care ultrasonography in acute respiratory failure

CCUS combining CCE and chest ultrasonography rapidly provides valuable information in patients presenting with ARF. A pragmatic and systematic applied protocol may first evaluate how aerated is the lung and whether there... read more

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening

The long-term follow-up of the Western Australian trial of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) reported in this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine1 is likely the last report from the 4 randomized clinical trials1- 4... read more