Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound , Critical Care , Cardiology

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: The 60/60 Sign, Let's Be Specific

10/24/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Parth S. Gandhi, DO , Ashley Panicker, MD, FACEP

The 60/60 sign is an ultrasound finding that can help increase specificity in diagnosing right ventricular dysfunction in the setting of an acute pulmonary embolism.

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: VExUS--Can the Right Side Take It?

6/2/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Ashley Panicker, MD, FACEP

Knowing when to stop volume resuscitation in the unstable shock patient is a question that plagues both the emergency physician and the critical care doctor. VExUS was designed to succeed where CVP ha

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Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Fractional Area Change and Left Ventricular Fractional Shortening – Building Blocks for Later

5/14/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Jon Bodner, MD , Ashley Panicker, MD, FACEP

Ultrasound is a powerful tool in the emergency department for the estimation of left ventricular ejection fractions. E-Point Septal Separation is a good way to obtain these measurements, but what if t

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Subclavian Central Venous Access - Dealer's Choice

5/2/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Jesse Liou, MD , Gabriel Hoffman, MD

The need for a central line is commonplace in the emergency department and critical care units. When deciding which of the three typical sites (internal jugular, femoral, and subclavian) to choose for

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound , Nephrology

An Acutely Swollen and Cyanotic Leg

4/10/2022 Jasmine Jolly, MD , Elizabeth Page Bridges, MD, FACEP , David Stephen Wong, MD , Dustin Morrow, MD, FACEP

Phlegmasia cerulea dolens is a rare but emergent condition of massive venous thrombosis that can rapidly produce irreversible vascular gangrene. If your patient in the emergency department has a swoll

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Use of Bedside Ultrasound in Diagnosing Boerhaave Syndrome

4/10/2022 Rabia Iqbal, DO , Caleb Harrell, MD

Esophageal rupture is a rare condition that is recognized as one of the most fatal gastrointestinal injuries. Time to diagnosis is an independent predictor of mortality in acute esophageal rupture mak

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Axillary Arterial Line—Oft Forgotten

2/27/2022 Dustin Slagle, MD , Natalie Htet, MD, MS

Obtaining arterial access is a common procedure in both emergency medicine and in critical care. It's a good idea to become familiar with the axillary artery as an alternative location for placement o

Critical Care , Critical Care Ultrasound , Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: The RUSH Exam - Slow Is Smooth and Smooth Is Fast

2/3/2022 Taylor Miller, MD , Dustin Slagle, MD , Alexis Salerno, MD, FACEP

Undifferentiated patients showing signs of shock have a high mortality rate. The Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension (RUSH) Exam is a protocolized ultrasound exam that can be done in minutes to

Critical Care , Ultrasound , Critical Care Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Augmenting the Physical Exam with Ultrasound Findings in Cardiac Tamponade

10/5/2021 Taylor Miller, MD , Alexis Salerno, MD, FACEP , Dustin Slagle, MD

Cardiac tamponade is a critical emergency department diagnosis, but it can be a difficult diagnosis to make based on physical exam alone. Clinical signs of tamponade are often late findings and can be

Critical Care , Ultrasound , Critical Care Ultrasound

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion: Finding Pulmonary Embolism Before the Crash

10/5/2021 Dustin Slagle, MD , Ashley Panicker, MD, FACEP , Taylor Miller, MD , Keerthi Gondy, MD

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) can provide a point of care ultrasound assessment of right ventricular function. Although there are many emerging applications for this measurement,

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Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: The 60/60 Sign, Let's Be Specific

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: VExUS--Can the Right Side Take It?

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Fractional Area Change and Left Ventricular Fractional Shortening – Building Blocks for Later

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Subclavian Central Venous Access - Dealer's Choice

An Acutely Swollen and Cyanotic Leg

Use of Bedside Ultrasound in Diagnosing Boerhaave Syndrome

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Axillary Arterial Line—Oft Forgotten

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: The RUSH Exam - Slow Is Smooth and Smooth Is Fast

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Augmenting the Physical Exam with Ultrasound Findings in Cardiac Tamponade

Advanced Critical Care Ultrasound: Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion: Finding Pulmonary Embolism Before the Crash

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Kim – Critical Care Ultrasound Course

Pitfalls when using Doppler Ultrasound to Measure Peripheral Flow: A Lecture from the Hospitalist & Resuscitationist Conference

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Maryland Critical Care Conference 2021

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