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Analysis of Emergency Department Length of Stay for Mental Health Patients at Ten Massachusetts Emergency Departments by Pearlmutter, Mark D., MD, Dwyer, Kristin H., MD, Burke, Laura G., MD, Rathlev, Niels, MD, Maranda, Louise, PhD, Volturo, Greg, MD

“…Study objective Prolonged boarding times in the emergency department (ED) disproportionately affect mental health patients, resulting in patient and provider…”
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Diagnosing centrally located pulmonary embolisms in the emergency department using point-of-care ultrasound by Dwyer, Kristin H., Rempell, Joshua S., Stone, Michael B.

“…The study objective was to investigate the combined accuracy of right heart strain on focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) on…”
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Focused cardiac ultrasound with mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) detection of left ventricular dysfunction by Schick, Alexandra L., Kaine, Josh C., Al-Sadhan, Nehal A., Lin, Timmy, Baird, Janette, Bahit, Kamil, Dwyer, Kristin H.

“…Detecting reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by an emergency physician (EP) is an important skill. The subjective ultrasound assessment of LVEF…”
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Increased Sensitivity of Focused Cardiac Ultrasound for Pulmonary Embolism in Emergency Department Patients With Abnormal Vital Signs by Daley, James I., Dwyer, Kristin H., Grunwald, Zachary, Shaw, Daniel L., Stone, Michael B., Schick, Alexandra, Vrablik, Michael, Kennedy Hall, M., Hall, Jane, Liteplo, Andrew S., Haney, Rachel M., Hun, Nancy, Liu, Rachel, Moore, Chris L., Runyon, Michael S.

“…Background Focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) is insensitive for pulmonary embolism (PE). Theoretically, when a clot is large enough to cause vital sign…”
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Pulmonary Congestion by Lung Ultrasound in Ambulatory Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction and Hypertension by Dwyer, Kristin H., Merz, Allison A., Lewis, Eldrin F., Claggett, Brian L., Crousillat, Daniela R., Lau, Emily S., Silverman, Montane B., Peck, Julie, Rivero, Jose, Cheng, Susan, Platz, Elke

“…•Lung ultrasound B-lines differ between hypertensive patients and those with HF.•B-Lines are associated with echocardiographic markers of cardiovascular…”
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Loop Drainage Is Noninferior to Traditional Incision and Drainage of Cutaneous Abscesses in the Emergency Department by Schechter‐Perkins, Elissa M., Dwyer, Kristin H., Amin, Anish, Tyler, Matthew D., Liu, James, Nelson, Kerrie P., Mitchell, Patricia M., Kuehl, Damon R.

“…Background There is limited research on loop drainage (LD) compared to incision and drainage (I&D) for treatment of cutaneous abscesses. We investigated…”
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Point-of-care Ultrasound Identification of Iliopsoas Abscess in Emergency Department: A Case Report by Al-Sadhan, Nehal A, Liebmann, Otto, Dwyer, Kristin H

“…The iliopsoas muscle is a rare place for an abscess to collect. While these abscesses can have high mortality, they are often misdiagnosed. The use of…”
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A Case of Syncope by Dwyer, Kristin H, Rempell, Joshua S

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Body mass index and B‐lines on lung ultrasonography in chronic and acute heart failure by Brainin, Philip, Claggett, Brian, Lewis, Eldrin F., Dwyer, Kristin H., Merz, Allison A., Silverman, Montane B., Swamy, Varsha, Biering‐Sørensen, Tor, Rivero, Jose, Cheng, Susan, McMurray, John J.V., Solomon, Scott D., Platz, Elke

“…Aims Increased body mass index (BMI) is common in heart failure (HF) patients and is associated with lower levels of N‐terminal pro‐brain natriuretic peptide…”
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Right atrial structure and function in patients with hypertension and with chronic heart failure by Proplesch, Moritz, Merz, Allison A., Claggett, Brian L., Lewis, Eldrin F., Dwyer, Kristin H., Crousillat, Daniela R., Lau, Emily S., Silverman, Montane B., Peck, Julie, Rivero, Jose, Cheng, Susan, Platz, Elke

“…Background Prior studies have shown that both heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are factors that impact left atrial function and structure…”
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Young Woman with a Fever and Chest Pain by Dwyer, Kristin H, Rempell, Joshua S

“…A 26-year-old female presented to the emergency department with three days of subjective fevers, dry cough and pleuritic chest discomfort. On exam, her vital…”
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Emergency Department‐based Opioid Harm Reduction: Moving Physicians From Willing to Doing by Samuels, Elizabeth A., Dwyer, Kristin, Mello, Michael J., Baird, Janette, Kellogg, Adam R., Bernstein, Edward, Gerson, Lowell W.

“…Objectives Develop and internally validate a survey tool to assess emergency department (ED) physician attitudes, clinical practice, and willingness to perform…”
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Sonographer Educator in the Emergency Department to Prevent POCUS Skills Attrition: A Novel Education Intervention by Knopov, Anita, Hess, Stephanie, Musits, Andrew, Petrone, Gianna, Clyne, Brian, Baird, Janette, Meran, Ruby, Dwyer, Kristin

“…Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a pivotal diagnostic tool for emergent conditions, yet the variable proficiency of emergency physicians (EPs) poses…”
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Sonographer Educator in the Emergency Department: Evaluation of a Novel Education Intervention by Knopov, Anita, Hess, Stephanie, Musits, Andrew, Petrone, Gianna, Clyne, Brian, Baird, Janette, Meran, Ruby, Dwyer, Kristin

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Opioid education and nasal naloxone rescue kits in the emergency department by Dwyer, Kristin, Walley, Alexander Y, Langlois, Breanne K, Mitchell, Patricia M, Nelson, Kerrie P, Cromwell, John, Bernstein, Edward

“…Emergency departments (EDs) may be high-yield venues to address opioid deaths with education on both overdose prevention and appropriate actions in a witnessed…”
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A Multicenter, Prospective Study Comparing Subxiphoid and Parasternal Views During Brief Echocardiography: Effect on Image Quality, Acquisition Time, and Visualized Anatomy by Gaspari, Romolo J., Gleeson, Timothy, Alerhand, Stephen, Caputo, William, Damewood, Sara, Dicroce, Christopher, Dwyer, Kristin, Gibbons, Ryan, Greenstein, Joshua, Harvey, Justin, Hill, Michael, Hoffmann, Beatrice, Jordan, Mary Kate, Karfunkle, Benjamin, Kropf, Charles, Lindsay, Robert, Luo, Shawn, Lusiak, Monika, Nalbandian, Ari, Naraghi, Leily, Nelson, Bret, Nickels, L. Connor, Nolting, Laura, Nordberg, Alexandra, Panicker, Ashley, Pare, Joseph, Peach, Mandy, Pinto, Dorcas, Graham, Powell, Rose, Gabe, Russell, Frances, Schafer, Jesse, Scheatzle, Mark, Schnittke, Nikolai, Shpilko, Marina, Soucy, Zachary, Stowell, Jeffrey R., Vryhof, Daniel, Gottlieb, Michael

“…Recent literature has suggested echocardiography (echo) may prolong pauses in chest compressions during cardiac arrest. We sought to determine the impact of…”
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Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning for Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Lung Ultrasound Videos by Chen, Li, Rubin, Jonathan, Ouyang, Jiahong, Balaraju, Naveen, Patil, Shubham, Mehanian, Courosh, Kulhare, Sourabh, Millin, Rachel, Gregory, Kenton W., Gregory, Cynthia R., Zhu, Meihua, Kessler, David O., Malia, Laurie, Dessie, Almaz, Rabiner, Joni, Coneybeare, Di, Shopsin, Bo, Hersh, Andrew, Madar, Cristian, Shupp, Jeffrey, Johnson, Laura S., Avila, Jacob, Dwyer, Kristin, Weimersheimer, Peter, Raju, Balasundar, Kruecker, Jochen, Chen, Alvin

“…Self-supervised learning (SSL) methods have shown promise for medical imaging applications by learning meaningful visual representations, even when the amount…”
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Ten Strategies for Optimizing Ultrasound Instruction for Group Learning by Landry, Adaira, Eicken, John, Dwyer, Kristin, Hoyler, Janet, Henwood, Trish, Frasure, Sarah, Kimberly, Heidi, Stone, Mike

“…Ultrasound use is rapidly increasing in clinical care and as an educational modality. While there is widespread interest in training health-care professionals…”
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Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning for Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Lung Ultrasound Videos by Chen, Li, Rubin, Jonathan, Ouyang, Jiahong, Balaraju, Naveen, Patil, Shubham, Mehanian, Courosh, Kulhare, Sourabh, Millin, Rachel, Gregory, Kenton W, Gregory, Cynthia R, Zhu, Meihua, Kessler, David O, Malia, Laurie, Dessie, Almaz, Rabiner, Joni, Coneybeare, Di, Shopsin, Bo, Hersh, Andrew, Madar, Cristian, Shupp, Jeffrey, Johnson, Laura S, Avila, Jacob, Dwyer, Kristin, Weimersheimer, Peter, Raju, Balasundar, Kruecker, Jochen, Chen, Alvin

“…Self-supervised learning (SSL) methods have shown promise for medical imaging applications by learning meaningful visual representations, even when the amount…”
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Weakly Semi-Supervised Detection in Lung Ultrasound Videos by Ouyang, Jiahong, Chen, Li, Li, Gary Y, Balaraju, Naveen, Patil, Shubham, Mehanian, Courosh, Kulhare, Sourabh, Millin, Rachel, Gregory, Kenton W, Gregory, Cynthia R, Zhu, Meihua, Kessler, David O, Malia, Laurie, Dessie, Almaz, Rabiner, Joni, Coneybeare, Di, Shopsin, Bo, Hersh, Andrew, Madar, Cristian, Shupp, Jeffrey, Johnson, Laura S, Avila, Jacob, Dwyer, Kristin, Weimersheimer, Peter, Raju, Balasundar, Kruecker, Jochen, Chen, Alvin

“…Frame-by-frame annotation of bounding boxes by clinical experts is often required to train fully supervised object detection models on medical video data. We…”
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