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2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Screening for Proximal Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis

Rebecca G. Theophanous¹, Vinca W. Chow², David L. Convissar³, Stephen C. Haskins^4,5, Robert A. Jones⁶, Hari K. P. Kalagara⁷, Yuriy S. Bronshteyn⁸

¹Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, ²Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, ³Department of Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, ⁴Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery, ⁵Department of Anesthesiology, Weill-Cornell Medical College, ⁶Department of Emergency Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, ⁷Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, ⁸Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine

Traditionally, lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is diagnosed by radiology-performed venous duplex ultrasound. Providers appropriately trained in focused point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can perform a rapid bedside examination with high sensitivity and specificity in critically ill patients. We describe the scanning technique for focused POCUS DVT lower extremity examination.

Medicine

Gastric Point of Care Ultrasound in Adults: Image Acquisition and Interpretation

Eric R. Heinz¹, Omar Al-Qudsi², David L. Convissar³, Marianne D. David¹, Jennifer E. Dominguez², Stephen Haskins⁴, Christina Jelly⁵, Anahi Perlas⁶, Anita N. Vincent¹, Yuriy S. Bronshteyn²

¹Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University, ²Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Health System, ³Department of Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, ⁴Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery, ⁵Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, ⁶Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network

This protocol introduces two methods for image acquisition in gastric ultrasonography. Additionally, tips are provided for interpreting this information to assist in medical decision-making.