Pediatric emergency medicine point-of-care ultrasound: summary of the evidence

Jennifer R. Marin1, Alyssa Abo2, Amparo Arroyo3, Stephanie J. Doniger4, Jason Fischer5, Rachel Rempell6, Brandi Gary7, James F. Holmes8, David Kessler9, Samuel H.F. Lam10, Marla Levine11, Jason A. Levy6, Alice F. Murray12, Leong L. Ng9, Vicki E. Noble13, Daniela Ramirez-Schrempp14, David C. Riley15, Turandot Saul16, Vaishali Shah17, Adam Sivitz18, Ee Tein Tay19, David Teng20, Lindsey Chaudoin9, James W. Tsung19, Rebecca L. Vieira6, Yaffa M. Vitberg21, Resa E. Lewiss22
1Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Ave, AOB Suite 2400, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224, USA
2Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
3Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
4New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
5Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
6Boston Children’s Hospital Boston MA USA
7Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
8University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
9Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York, NY, USA
10University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
11Dell Children’s Medical Center, Austin, USA
12Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
13Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
14Boston University Medical Center, Boston, NY, USA
15Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA;
16St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, USA
17Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. USA
18Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, USA
19Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
20Cohen Children’s Medical Center, New Hyde Park, USA
21Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
22University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

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