The variable journey in learning to interpret pediatric point‐of‐care ultrasound images: a multicenter prospective cohort study

C Kwan, M Pusic, M Pecaric… - AEM education and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To complement bedside learning of point‐of‐care ultrasound ( POCUS ), we
developed an online learning assessment platform for the visual interpretation component of this …

Learning pediatric point-of-care ultrasound: how many cases does mastery of image interpretation take?

C Kwan, K Weerdenburg, M Pusic… - Pediatric Emergency …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Using an education and assessment tool, we examined the number of cases
necessary to achieve a performance benchmark in image interpretation of pediatric soft tissue, …

Recommendations for the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by emergency physicians in Canada

…, L Rang, D Kim, L Robichaud, C Kwan… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Recommendations for the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by emergency physicians
in Canada Page 1 Recommendations for the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by …

Novel uses of point-of-care ultrasound for pediatric foreign bodies: an emergency department case series

J Seguin, C Kwan - The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Foreign bodies (FBs) are a diagnostic challenge to pediatric emergency providers.
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an important adjunct to the diagnostic pathway of …

Recommendations for cardiac point-of-care ultrasound in children: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography

JC Lu, A Riley, T Conlon, JC Levine, C Kwan… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiac point-of-care ultrasound has the potential to improve patient care, but its application
to children requires consideration of anatomic and physiologic differences from adult …

Development of a consensus-based definition of focused assessment with sonography for trauma in children

…, J Fischer, CA Gravel, S Kharasch, CW Kwan… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The wide variation in the accuracy and reliability of the Focused Assessment
With Sonography for Trauma (FAST) and the extended FAST (E-FAST) for children after blunt …

Emergency point-of-care ultrasound diagnosis of retained soft tissue foreign bodies in the pediatric emergency department

T Varshney, CW Kwan, JW Fischer… - Pediatric Emergency …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The presence of a foreign body (FB), its depth and size, is often indeterminate by clinical
examination. Conventional imaging such as a radiograph can fail to visualize soft tissue FBs. …

Effect of inhaled hypertonic saline on hospital admission rate in children with viral bronchiolitis: a randomized trial

…, MP Flavin, S Kent, D Zielinski, CW Kwan… - Canadian Journal of …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Objective:We sought to determine whether inhaled 3% hypertonic saline (HS) reduces admission
to hospital in ambulatory children with moderately severe viral bronchiolitis. Secondary …

Point-of-care ultrasound findings associated with foreign body aspiration in the pediatric emergency department

KD Weerdenburg, CW Kwan… - Pediatric Emergency …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) continues to generate new and interesting clinical findings
as its use expands in the pediatric emergency department. This case report describes the …

Core content for pediatric emergency medicine ultrasound fellowship training: a modified Delphi consensus study

…, A Abo, A Arroyo, L Ng, C Kwan… - AEM Education and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pediatric emergency medicine ( PEM ) point‐of‐care ultrasound ( POCUS )
fellowships exist to provide learners with expertise in ultrasound ( US ) education, administration…