by Svetlana Zakharchenko | Aug 19, 2021 | Medical Legal Evidence
Abstract Objective: The study aims to define extent of lawsuits filed against emergency physicians (EPs) overpoint-of-care emergency ultrasound (US) during the last 20 years. Methods: We performed a nationwide search of the WESTLAW legal database for filed...
by Svetlana Zakharchenko | Aug 19, 2021 | Medical Legal Evidence
Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the extent of diagnostic error lawsuits related to pointof-care ultrasound (POCUS) in internal medicine, paediatrics, family medicine and critical care, of whichlittle is known. Methods: We conducted a...
by Svetlana Zakharchenko | Aug 19, 2021 | Community ED Research
Abstract Objectives—Despite the increased educational exposure to point-of-care ultrasound (US) at all levels of medical training, there are utilization gaps between academic and nonacademic emergency department (ED) settings. The purpose of this study was to assess...
by Svetlana Zakharchenko | Aug 19, 2021 | Community ED Research
Abstract Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (PoC US) is now taught and used in nearly all academic emergency departments (EDs), but prior surveys have shown that adoption in the community ED setting is much lower. Objective: Our aim was to characterize the current...
by Svetlana Zakharchenko | Aug 19, 2021 | Patient Standard of Care
Abstract Objective: We examined a physician-performed, goal-directed ultrasound protocol for the emergency department management of nontraumatic, symptomatic, undifferentiated hypotension. Design: Randomized, controlled trial of immediate vs. delayed ultrasound....
