Point-of-care ultrasound in the ED
Bedside ultrasound performed by emergency clinicians for diagnosis and procedures.
Key point
Focused transesophageal echocardiography should only be performed during advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation or unclear shock when focused transthoracic echocardiography cannot clarify the issue.
From: [Consensus paper on focused transesophageal echocardiography (fTEE) in clinical acute and emergency medicine : From the Commission for Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine of the DGK in cooperation with the DGINA, DGIIN and DGIM] (Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed, 2025 Dec) ↗Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 11, 24, 17, 21, 46.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- Defining Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block Competency for Emergency Medicine: A Delphi-Method Consensus StatementAEM Educ Train2026 Jun
- Defining minimum image quality criteria for common diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound images: A position statement of the Society of Hospital MedicineJ Hosp Med2026 Feb
- Difficult Airway Society 2025 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in adultsBr J Anaesth2026 Jan
- [Consensus paper on focused transesophageal echocardiography (fTEE) in clinical acute and emergency medicine : From the Commission for Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine of the DGK in cooperation with the DGINA, DGIIN and DGIM]Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed2025 Dec
- Part 9: Adult Advanced Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular CareCirculation2025 Oct 21
All papers from the last 12 months
532 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Pediatric emergency department point-of-care ultrasound diagnosis of unprovoked iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis in an adolescent: A case reportRadiol Case Rep2026 DecPMID 42761542
- The Non-invasive Hemodynamic Profile: A Modern Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure-Related Cardiogenic Shock with Point-of-Care UltrasoundEmerg Med Clin North Am2026 NovPMID 42823016Review
- Ultrasound diagnosis of cutaneous furuncular myiasis in a nonendemic areaRadiol Case Rep2026 NovPMID 42707164
- An Accountable Encounter-Based Imaging Workflow for Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Integrating Image Availability, Clinician Attribution, and Documentation AccountabilityJ Imaging Inform Med2026 Oct 16PMID 42888312
- Does performing preprocedural point-of-care ultrasound improve success rate for lumbar punctures in paediatric patients?Arch Dis Child2026 Oct 16PMID 42888024
- [Acute heart failure-management during the first 120 min : Approach for early stabilization and decongestion]Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed2026 Oct 14PMID 42873237
- AI-Enabled Echocardiography Identifies Prominent Epicardial Adipose Tissue Associated With an Adverse Cardiometabolic ProfilemedRxiv2026 Oct 9PMID 42539104
- Barriers and Facilitators to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Utilization Among Emergency Medicine Residents and Emergency Nurse Practitioners Following Institutional TrainingJ Multidiscip Healthc2026PMID 42861137
- Clinical applications of gastric point-of-care ultrasound in adult emergency and critical care: a scoping reviewCJEM2026 Oct 5PMID 42832132
- Comparative Ultrasound Assessment of Standard and Wire-Core Airway Bougie Introducers in a Cadaver ModelJ Spec Oper Med2026 Oct 5PMID 42571725RCT
More emergency medicine trends
All specialties →AI for ED triage
Machine learning and language models used to support triage in the emergency department.
High-sensitivity troponin pathways
Rapid rule-in and rule-out algorithms for myocardial infarction using high-sensitivity troponin.
Key point: The ESC 0/1-hour pathway did not increase 4-hour discharge versus 0/3-hour testing but was noninferior for discharge safety.
ED boarding and crowding
Patients held in the emergency department while waiting for an inpatient bed, and its effects.
Whole blood in trauma resuscitation
Transfusing whole blood instead of separate components in bleeding trauma patients.
Tranexamic acid in bleeding
Tranexamic acid in trauma and other acute haemorrhage.
Key point: Tranexamic acid does not affect all-cause mortality, functional outcomes, neurological impairment, or hematoma expansion in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, despite reducing hematoma volume.
Video laryngoscopy
Video laryngoscopes for tracheal intubation.
Key point: For neonatal and infant airway management, videolaryngoscopy is the first choice for intubation, with apneic oxygenation during the attempt.
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
("point-of-care ultrasound"[tiab] OR POCUS[tiab]) AND emergency[tiab]Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.