Systemwide Clinical Ultrasound Program Development: An Expert Consensus Model.

Clinical ultrasound (CUS) is integral to the practice of an increasing number of medical specialties. Guidelines are needed to ensure effective CUS utilization across health systems. Such guidelines should address all aspects of CUS within a hospital or health system. These include leadership, training, competency, credentialing, quality assurance and improvement, documentation, archiving, workflow, equipment, and infrastructure issues relating to communication and information technology. To meet this need, a group of CUS subject matter experts, who have been involved in institution- and/or systemwide clinical ultrasound (SWCUS) program development convened. The purpose of this paper was to create a model for SWCUS development and implementation

Ultrasound Distinguishes Ascites from a Large Ovarian Fluid-Filled Cyst

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Ultrasound Distinguishes Ascites from a Large Ovarian Fluid-Filled Cyst

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Diagnosis of Pyomyositis in a Pediatric Patient with Point-of-Care Ultrasound

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Ultrasound Diagnosis of Bilateral Tubo-ovarian Abscesses in the Emergency Department

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Ultrasound Diagnosis of Bilateral Tubo-ovarian Abscesses in the Emergency Department

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Ultrasound-Guided Diagnosis and Aspiration of Subdeltoid Abscess from Heroin Injection

A 49-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with shoulder pain after intramuscular injection of heroin into his right deltoid muscle. Point-of-care (POC) ultrasound identified a subdeltoid abscess, and ultrasound-guided aspiration of the fluid collection was performed. The patient was admitted and improved on antibiotics and made a complete recovery. POC ultrasound and ultrasound-guided aspiration can assist in the diagnosis and treatment of deep musculoskeletal abscesses. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(7):–0.

Ocular Ultrasound Identifies Early Orbital Cellulitis

[West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(4):394.