The ultrasound division is heavily involved in clinical research of point-of-care ultrasound. Our fellows are encouraged to participate in all ongoing division projects. Below is a list of our publications:

Publications:

Fields JM, Davis J, Girson L, Au A, Potts J, Morgan CJ, Vetter I, Riesenberg LA. Transthoracic Echocardiography for Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2017 May 9.

Fields MJ, Davis J, Alsup C, Bates A, Au A, Adhikari S, Farrell I. Accuracy of Point of Care Ultrasonography for Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 May 2

Smalley CM, Browne V, Kaplan B, Russ B, Wilson J, Lewiss RE. Reply. J Ultrasound Med. 2017 May;36(5):1075

Wilson J, Ng L, Browne V, Lewiss RE. An Easy-to-Make, Low-Cost Ultrasound Phantom for Simulation Training in Abscess Identification and Aspiration. J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Jun;36(6):1241-1244.

Davis J, Faust T, Tajani A, Bates A, Jarriel J, Au A, Fields JM. A randomized study of training with large versus small vessel size on successful ultrasound-guided peripheral venous access. J Vasc Access. 2017 Mar 21;18(2):163-166.

Marin JR, Abo AM, Arroyo AC, Doniger SJ, Fischer JW, Rempell R, Gary B, Holmes JF, Kessler DO, Lam SHF, Levine MC, Levy JA, Murray A, Ng L, Noble VE,
Ramirez-Schrempp D, Riley DC, Saul T, Shah V, Sivitz AB, Tay ET, Teng D, Chaudoin L, Tsung JW, Vieira RL, Vitberg YM, Lewiss RE. Erratum to: Pediatric emergency medicine point-of-care ultrasound: summary of the evidence. Crit Ultrasound J. 2017 Dec;9(1):3.

Au AK, Matthew Fields J. Ultrasound Measurement Of Inferior Vena Cava Collapse Predicts Propofol Induced Hypotension. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Mar;35(3):508-509.

Smalley CM, Browne V, Kaplan B, Russ B, Wilson J, Lewiss RE. Early Innovative Immersion: A Course for Pre-Medical Professions Students Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound. J Ultrasound Med. 2016 Dec;35(12):2681-2686.

Marin JR, Abo AM, Arroyo AC, Doniger SJ, Fischer JW, Rempell R, Gary B, Holmes JF, Kessler DO, Lam SH, Levine MC, Levy JA, Murray A, Ng L, Noble VE, Ramirez-Schrempp D, Riley DC, Saul T, Shah V, Sivitz AB, Tay ET, Teng D, Chaudoin L, Tsung JW, Vieira RL, Vitberg YM, Lewiss RE. Pediatric emergency medicine point-of-care ultrasound: summary of the evidence. Crit Ultrasound J. 2016

Nelson M, Abdi A, Adhikari S, Boniface M, Bramante RM, Egan DJ, Matthew Fields J, Leo MM, Liteplo AS, Liu R, Nomura JT, Pigott DC, Raio CC, Ruskis J, Strony R, Thom C, Lewiss RE. Goal-directed Focused Ultrasound Milestones Revised: A Multiorganizational Consensus. Acad Emerg Med. 2016

Henwood PC, Mackenzie DC, Rempell JS, Douglass E, Dukundane D, Liteplo AS, Leo MM, Murray AF, Vaillancourt S, Dean AJ, Lewiss RE, Rulisa S, Krebs E, Raja Rao AK, Rudakemwa E, Rusanganwa V, Kyanmanywa P, Noble VE. Intensive point-of-care ultrasound training with long-term follow-up in a cohort of Rwandan physicians. Trop Med Int Health. 2016 Dec;21(12):1531-1538.

Saul T, Siadecki S, Berkowitz R, Rose G, Matilsky D, Sauler A. Reply. J Emerg Med. 2016 Sep;51(3):331-2.

Lewiss RE, Cook J, Sauler A, Avitabile N, Kaban NL, Rabrich J, Saul T, Siadecki SD, Wiener D. A workflow task force affects emergency physician compliance for point-of-care ultrasound documentation and billing. Crit Ultrasound J. 2016 Dec;8(1):5

Lewiss RE, Adhikari S, Carmody K, Fields JM, Hunt P, Liteplo AS, Nagdev A, Raio C, Gaspari R. The Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships: An innovation in the point of care ultrasound fellowship application process. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jul;34(7):1303-5.

Au AK, Steinberg D, Thom C, Shirazi M, Papanagnou D, Ku BS, Fields JM. Ultrasound measurement of inferior vena cava collapse predicts propofol-induced hypotension. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jun;34(6):1125-8.

Doniger SJ, Salmon M, Lewiss RE. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for the Rapid Diagnosis of Intussusception: A Case Series. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 May;32(5):340-2.

Governatori NJ, Saul T, Siadecki SD, Lewiss RE. Ultrasound in the evaluation of penetrating thoraco-abdominal trauma: a review of the literature. Med Ultrason. 2015 Dec;17(4):528-34.

Lewiss RE, Chan W, Sheng AY, Soto J, Castro A, Meltzer AC, Cherney A, Kumaravel M, Cody D, Chen EH. Research Priorities in the Utilization and Interpretation of Diagnostic Imaging: Education, Assessment, and Competency. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Dec;22(12):1447-54.

Sheng AY, Castro A, Lewiss RE. Awareness, Utilization, and Education of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria: A Review and Future Directions. J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Feb;13(2):131-6

Siadecki SD, Frasure SE, Lewiss RE, Saul T. High Body Mass Index is Strongly Correlated with Decreased Image Quality in Focused Bedside Echocardiography. J Emerg Med. 2016 Feb;50(2):295-301.

Saul T, Siadecki SD, Berkowitz R, Rose G, Matilsky D, Sauler A. M-Mode Ultrasound Applications for the Emergency Medicine Physician. J Emerg Med. 2015 Nov;49(5):686-92.

Doctor M, Siadecki SD, Rose G, Berkowitz R, Matilsky D, Saul T. Preferences of air-blood-saline sonographic microbubble contrast agents among emergency medicine resident physicians. Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Oct;33(10):1454-7.

Saul T, Siadecki SD, Rose G, Berkowitz R, Matilsky D, Godbold J, Moshier E. Ultrasound accurately identifies soft tissue foreign bodies in a live anesthetized porcine model. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Aug;22(8):950-4.

Marin JR, Lewiss RE. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography by Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015 Jul;31(7):525.

Saul T, Doctor M, Kaban NL, Avitabile NC, Siadecki SD, Lewiss RE. The Ultrasound-Only Central Venous Catheter Placement and Confirmation Procedure. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Jul;34(7):1301-6.

Davis J, Czerniski B, Au A, Adhikari S, Farrell I, Fields JM. Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography in Retained Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Jul;22(7):777-87.

Leifer JH, Frasure SE, Lewiss RE, Saul T. Renal Agenesis: A Bedside Sonographic Finding in a Patient with Flank Pain. J Emerg Med. 2015 Sep;49(3):e81-3.

Kathuria N, Ng L, Saul T, Lewiss RE. The baseline diameter of the inferior vena cava measured by sonography increases with age in normovolemic children. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Jun;34(6):1091-6.

Marin JR, Lewiss RE. Point-of-care Ultrasonography by Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 May;22(5):623-4.

Marin JR, Lewiss RE; American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Academy of Emergency Ultrasound; American College of Emergency Physicians, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound. Point-of-care ultrasonography by pediatric emergency medicine physicians. Pediatrics. 2015 Apr;135(4):e1113-22.

Marin JR, Lewiss RE; American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2013-2014; Society for Academic Emergency Medicine(Reviewers); American College of Emergency Physicians, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee, 2013-2014; World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound Board of Directors (reviewers); American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2013-2014; Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Reviewers; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee 2013-2014; World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound Board of Directors reviewers. Point-of-care ultrasonography by pediatric emergency physicians. Policy statement. Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Apr;65(4):472-8.

Avitabile NC, Kaban NL, Siadecki SD, Lewiss RE, Saul T. Two cases of heterotopic pregnancy: review of the literature and sonographic diagnosis in the emergency department. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Mar;34(3):527-30

Saul T, Siadecki SD, Berkowitz R, Rose G, Matilsky D. The accuracy of sonographic confirmation of intraosseous line placement vs physical examination and syringe aspiration. Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Apr;33(4):586-8.

Ng L, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Sonographic baseline physeal plate width measurements in healthy, uninjured children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Dec;30(12):871-4

Lewiss RE, Hayden GE, Murray A, Liu YT, Panebianco N, Liteplo AS. SonoGames: an innovative approach to emergency medicine resident ultrasound education. J Ultrasound Med. 2014 Oct;33(10):1843-9.

Sauler A, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Point-of-care ultrasound differentiates pyomyositis from cellulitis. Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Mar;33(3):482.e3-5.

Frasure SE, Matilsky DK, Siadecki SD, Platz E, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Impact of patient positioning on lung ultrasound findings in acute heart failure. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2015 Aug;4(4):326-32.

Lavine EK, Saul T, Frasure SE, Lewiss RE. Point-of-care ultrasound in a patient with perforated appendicitis. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Sep;30(9):665-7.

Fields JM, Piela NE, Au AK, Ku BS. Risk factors associated with difficult venous access in adult ED patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Oct;32(10):1179-82.

Matilsky D, Lewiss RE, Whalen M, Saul T. Fournier’s gangrene. Case report. Med Ultrason. 2014 Sep;16(3):262-3.

Lewiss RE, Shaukat NM, Saul T. The endomyometrial thickness measurement for abnormal implantation evaluation by pelvic sonography. J Ultrasound Med. 2014 Jul;33(7):1143-6.

Ahmed AA, Martin JA, Saul T, Lewiss RE. The thoracic spine sign in bedside ultrasound. Three cases report. Med Ultrason. 2014 Jun;16(2):179-81.

Egan DJ, Saul T, Herbert-Cohen D, Lewiss RE. Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of an aortocaval fistula in the emergency department. J Emerg Med. 2014 Aug;47(2):e55-7.

Lewiss RE, Stone M. RDMS certification for emergency physicians. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 May;63(5):629-30.

Lewiss RE, Tayal VS, Hoffmann B, Kendall J, Liteplo AS, Moak JH, Panebianco N, Noble VE. The core content of clinical ultrasonography fellowship training. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Apr;21(4):456-61

Goldflam K, Goett RR, Lewiss RE, Bania TC, Saul T. Patient perceptions of ultrasound educational scans in the emergency department. J Emerg Med. 2014 Jun;46(6):833-8.

Lavine E, Siadecki SD, Lewiss RE, Frasure SE, Saul T. Cardiac amyloidosis evaluation by bedside ultrasound in the emergency department. A case report. Med Ultrason. 2014 Mar;16(1):63-6.

Siadecki SD, Frasure SE, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Diagnosis and reduction of a hernia by bedside ultrasound: a case report. J Emerg Med. 2014 Aug;47(2):169-71.

Lewiss RE, Hoffmann B, Beaulieu Y, Phelan MB. Point-of-care ultrasound education: the increasing role of simulation and multimedia resources. J Ultrasound Med. 2014 Jan;33(1):27-32.

Lewiss RE, Kaban NL, Saul T. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for a Deep Venous Thrombosis. Glob Heart. 2013 Dec;8(4):329-33

Fields JM, Chandra S, Au AK, Rotte M, Ku BS. Images in emergency medicine. Child with painful palmar mass. Superficial palmar arch pseudoaneurysm. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Dec;62(6):569, 577.

Frasure SE, Siadecki SD, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Viral myocarditis leading to acute heart failure in a young adult. J Emerg Med. 2014 Mar;46(3):e75-7.

Lavine E, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Middle-aged man with left neck pain and swelling. J Emerg Med. 2014 Apr;46(4):516-8.

Lewiss RE, Saul T, Del Rios M. Acquiring credentials in bedside ultrasound: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 2013 Aug 30;3(8):e003502.

Rolston DM, Saul T, Wong T, Lewiss RE. Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of acute embolic femoral artery occlusion. J Emerg Med. 2013 Dec;45(6):897-900.

Saul T, Ng L, Lewiss RE. Point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of upper extremity fracture-dislocation. A pictorial essay. Med Ultrason. 2013 Sep;15(3):230-6.

Daignault MC, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Focused cardiac ultrasound diagnosis of thoracic aortic aneurysm: two cases. J Emerg Med. 2014 Mar;46(3):373-7

Lewiss RE, Pearl M, Nomura JT, Baty G, Bengiamin R, Duprey K, Stone M, Theodoro D, Akhtar S. CORD-AEUS: consensus document for the emergency ultrasound milestone project. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Jul;20(7):740-5.

Gingrich AS, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Point-of-care ultrasound in a
resource-limited setting: diagnosing intussusception. J Emerg Med. 2013 Sep;45(3):e67-70.

Frasure SE, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of vitreous hemorrhage and traumatic lens dislocation. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Jun;31(6):1002.e1-2

Pathak NJ, Ng L, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Focused cardiac ultrasound diagnosis of right-sided endocarditis. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Jun;31(6):998.e3-4.

Herbert-Cohen D, Yeh JS, Hernandez J, Lewiss RE, Saul T. Man with facial pain. Ludwig’s angina. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Mar;61(3):278-88.

Derrick BJ, Jafri FN, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Perforated uterus with displacement of intrauterine device. J Emerg Med. 2013 Jun;44(6):1144-5.

Yeh J, Jafri F, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Renal fracture. J Emerg Med. 2013 Apr;44(4):e337-8.

Saul T, Lewiss RE, Rivera Mdel R. Accuracy of emergency physician performed bedside ultrasound in determining gestational age in first trimester pregnancy. Crit Ultrasound J. 2012 Dec 6;4(1):22.

Tirado A, Wu T, Noble VE, Huang C, Lewiss RE, Martin JA, Murphy MC, Sivitz A, Cohen SG. Ultrasound-guided procedures in the emergency department-diagnostic and therapeutic asset. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2013 Feb;31(1):117-49.

Fields JM, Catallo K, Au AK, Rotte M, Leventhal D, Weiner S, Ku BS. Resuscitation of the pregnant patient: What is the effect of patient positioning on inferior vena cava diameter? Resuscitation. 2013 Mar;84(3):304-8.

Ng L, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Sonographic evidence of spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Feb;31(2):462.e3-4.

Egan DJ, Li M, Lewiss RE. Interstitial ectopic pregnancy presenting after failed termination of pregnancy. Emerg Med Australas. 2012 Oct;24(5):573-6.

Lewiss RE, Saul T, Goldflam K. Sonographic cervical motion tenderness: A sign found in a patient with pelvic inflammatory disease. Crit Ultrasound J. 2012 Sep 18;4(1):20.

Daignault MC, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of atraumatic bladder rupture in an alcohol-intoxicated patient: a case report. Crit Ultrasound J. 2012 May 15;4(1):9.

Paziana K, Fields JM, Rotte M, Au A, Ku B. Soft tissue foreign body removal technique using portable ultrasonography. Wilderness Environ Med. 2012 Dec;23(4):343-8.

Au AK, Rotte MJ, Grzybowski RJ, Ku BS, Fields JM. Decrease in central venous catheter placement due to use of ultrasound guidance for peripheral intravenous catheters. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Nov;30(9):1950-4.

Daignault MC, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Right flank pain: a case report of an interesting sonographic finding. J Emerg Med. 2012 Dec;43(6):1059-62.

Saul T, Lewiss RE, Langsfeld A, Radeos MS, Del Rios M. Inter-rater reliability of sonographic measurements of the inferior vena cava. J Emerg Med. 2012 May;42(5):600-5.

Moore C, Blaivas M, Chiricolo G, Hoffmann B, Lewiss R, Noble V, Panebianco N, Stone MB, Tayal V. Re: “a survey of emergency physician-performed ultrasound: implications for academic radiology departments”. J Am Coll Radiol. 2012 Jan;9(1):81-2; author reply 82.

Nguyen L, Lewiss RE, Drew J, Saul T. A novel approach to confirming nasogastric tube placement in the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Oct;30(8):1662.e5-7.

Fields JM, Dean AJ, Todman RW, Au AK, Anderson KL, Ku BS, Pines JM, Panebianco NL. The effect of vessel depth, diameter, and location on ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter longevity. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Sep;30(7):1134-40.

Lewiss RE, Wu S. Ultrasound diagnosis of rectus sheath hematoma. J Emerg Med. 2012 Nov;43(5):e337-8.

Medlej K, Lewiss R. I’m an emergency medicine resident with a special interest in ultrasonography: should I take a certification examination? Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Nov;58(5):490-3.

Lewiss RE, Egan DJ, Shreves A. Vascular abdominal emergencies. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2011 May;29(2):253-72, viii.

Jafri F, Runde D, Saul T, Lewiss RE. An inexpensive and easy simulation model of ocular ultrasound that mimics normal anatomy as well as abnormal ophthalmologic conditions. J Ultrasound Med. 2011 Apr;30(4):569-73.

Stanfill AB, Matilsky DK, Kalvakuri K, Pearl RH, Wallace LJ, Vegunta RK. Transumbilical laparoscopically assisted appendectomy: an alternative minimally invasive technique in pediatric patients. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2010 Dec;20(10):873-6.

Banet AI, Au AG, Reznick DN. Is mom in charge? Implications of resource provisioning on the evolution of the placenta. Evolution. 2010 Nov;64(11):3172-82.

Lewiss RE, Saul T, Teng J. Gynecological disorders in geriatric emergency medicine. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2009 Jun-Jul;26(3):219-27.

Matilsky DK, Maleta K, Castleman T, Manary MJ. Supplementary feeding with fortified spreads results in higher recovery rates than with a corn/soy blend in moderately wasted children. J Nutr. 2009 Apr;139(4):773-8

Kleckner K, DelRios M, Lewiss RE. Images in emergency medicine. Fracture of the third rib. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Feb;51(2):e1-2.

Linneman Z, Matilsky D, Ndekha M, Manary MJ, Maleta K, Manary MJ. A large-scale operational study of home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food in childhood malnutrition in Malawi. Matern Child Nutr. 2007
Jul;3(3):206-15.

Lewin MR, Stein J, Wang R, Lee MM, Kernberg M, Boukhman M, Hahn IH, Lewiss RE. Humming is as effective as Valsalva’s maneuver and Trendelenburg’s position for ultrasonographic visualization of the jugular venous system and common femoral veins. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Jul;50(1):73-7.