Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of gel, quite crudely, across a wide area of the body. This is often used to ‘window shop’, for structures we can’t see at first. When they snap into view, we can fine-tune movem
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU
The BLUE-protocol combines signs, associates them with a location, resulting in seven profiles:
- The A-profile associates anterior lung-sliding with A-lines.
- The A’-profile is
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU
The BLUE-protocol combines signs, associates them with a location, resulting in seven profiles:
- The A-profile associates anterior lung-sliding with A-lines.
- The A’-profil
SHoC-ED - Does Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Improve Clinical Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients With Undifferentiated Hypotension?
Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Oct;72(4):478-489. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.04.002 https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(18)30325-1/fu
POLAR Randomized Clinical Trial - Effect of Early Sustained Prophylactic Hypothermia on Neurologic Outcomes Among Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
JAMA. 2018;320(21):2211-2220. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.17075 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2710778
PAMPER - Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock
N Engl J Med 2018; 379:315-326 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1802345 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1802345
CONCLUSIONS:
In injured patients at risk for hemorrhagic
TTH48 - Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 Hours and Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - A Randomized Clinical Trial
JAMA. 2017;318(4):341-350. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.8978
Conclusion: In unconscious survivors from out-of-hospital cardiac arres
REVISE - Withholding Pantoprazole for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial and Meta-Analysis.
Crit Care Med. 2017 Jul;45(7):1121-1129 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28459708
Conclusion: Our results support the feasibili