POCUS for Cholecystitis and PECARN | The 2 View

Welcome to Episode 35 of “The 2 View,” the podcast for EM and urgent care nurse practitioners and physician assistants!

Show Notes for Episode 35 of “The 2 View” – the spring editorial edition!

POCUS in the ED for Cholecystitis

March 2024: Annals of Emergency Medicine. SoundCloud. Published January 2022. Accessed May 2, 2024.   / march-2024  

The Center for Medical Education. Upper Abdominal Disorders | The EM Boot Camp Course. YouTube. Published July 12, 2022. Accessed May 2, 2024.    • Upper Abdominal Disorders | The EM Bo...  

Wilson SJ, Thavanathan R, Cheng W, et al. Test Characteristics of Emergency Medicine-Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Emerg Med. Published October 18, 2023. Accessed May 2, 2024. https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S...


PECARN Validation

Holmes JF, Yen K, Ugalde IT, et al. PECARN prediction rules for CT imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt abdominal or minor head trauma: a multicentre prospective validation study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. PubMed. NIH: National Library of Medicine: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Published May 2024. Accessed May 2, 2024. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38609...

PECARN Pediatric Head Injury/Trauma Algorithm. MDCalc. Accessed May 2, 2024. https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/589/pecar...

PECARN Pediatric Intra-abdominal injury (IAI) algorithm. MDCalc. Accessed May 2, 2024. https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/3971/peca...

PECARN Spotlight: Tools Validated. EM Pulse PodcastTM. EM Pulse PodcastTM - Bringing research and expert opinion to the bedside. Published April 18, 2024. Accessed May 2, 2024. https://ucdavisem.com/2024/04/18/peca...


Recurring Sources

Center for Medical Education. Ccme.org. http://ccme.org

The Proceduralist. Theproceduralist.org. http://www.theproceduralist.org

The Procedural Pause. Emergency Medicine News. Lww.com. https://journals.lww.com/em-news/blog...

The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Thesgem.com. http://www.thesgem.com


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