Ocular Ultrasound

Valerie A Pierre; Tierra Smith; Alexis Salerno

doi:10.1016/j.emc.2024.05.009

Ocular Ultrasound

Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2024 Nov;42(4):891-903. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2024.05.009. Epub 2024 Aug 17.

Authors

Valerie A Pierre¹, Tierra Smith², Alexis Salerno³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 6th Floor, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1329 Southwest 16th Street, PO Box 100186, Gainesville, FL 32610-0186, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 6th Floor, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: alexis.salerno@som.umaryland.edu.

PMID: 39326993
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2024.05.009

Abstract

Point-of-care ultrasound may be used to assist in the diagnosis of ocular complaints in the emergency department. With the use of a linear probe, the emergency physician can view anterior and posterior chamber structures of the patient's eye and evaluate for signs of pathology.

Keywords: Emergency medicine; Eye diseases; POCUS; Papilledema; Retinal diseases; Ultrasonography; Vision loss.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital*
Eye / diagnostic imaging
Eye Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Point-of-Care Systems*
Ultrasonography* / methods